Strange habits...

Does anyone have strange habits? Those things that you just do almost unconsciously. Like when I come in my front door, I automatically close and lock it (to the frustration of my mother, heaven forbid she comes in the door after me LOL).

I've got one that I don't even realize I'm doing it until I'm half done with it. It started because of an incident when I was 8 years old. I lived in Colorado at the time, and we had an awful flood. It was a flash flood, but the storms just kept coming. We lived at the base of Pikes Peak, so we were right in line for the biggest flooding. So in the middle of the night, Dad told us to grab what we could carry and hauled us out to the truck so we could head to higher ground. We spent a day parked in our car in an old drive-in theater, then a week or so in a hotel while the flood waters receded and damages could be repaired.

Ever since then, I can't help but want to be prepared for emergencies. I'll keep supplies of food hidden in my closet. I always have supplies in my trunk, and even in the back seat of my car. But the other night topped the cake. I had the windows open and smelled the neighbor burning wood in his stove. There was that instant moment where I thought of a fire in the house (despite knowing what the smell was). Within a minute I'd got my toiletries and a few changes of clothes in a bag and was heading for my backup computer data before I even realized what I was doing.

I know. I'm weird sometimes. We've already established this. I'm curious though, what sort of strange habits do you all have? Any weird quirks you've never been able to shake yourself of?

Strange habits...

Does anyone have strange habits? Those things that you just do almost unconsciously. Like when I come in my front door, I automatically close and lock it (to the frustration of my mother, heaven forbid she comes in the door after me LOL).

I've got one that I don't even realize I'm doing it until I'm half done with it. It started because of an incident when I was 8 years old. I lived in Colorado at the time, and we had an awful flood. It was a flash flood, but the storms just kept coming. We lived at the base of Pikes Peak, so we were right in line for the biggest flooding. So in the middle of the night, Dad told us to grab what we could carry and hauled us out to the truck so we could head to higher ground. We spent a day parked in our car in an old drive-in theater, then a week or so in a hotel while the flood waters receded and damages could be repaired.

Ever since then, I can't help but want to be prepared for emergencies. I'll keep supplies of food hidden in my closet. I always have supplies in my trunk, and even in the back seat of my car. But the other night topped the cake. I had the windows open and smelled the neighbor burning wood in his stove. There was that instant moment where I thought of a fire in the house (despite knowing what the smell was). Within a minute I'd got my toiletries and a few changes of clothes in a bag and was heading for my backup computer data before I even realized what I was doing.

I know. I'm weird sometimes. We've already established this. I'm curious though, what sort of strange habits do you all have? Any weird quirks you've never been able to shake yourself of?