I have a dentist appointment today... and I am sort of FREAKING OUT. There are only a few things in this world I am truly scared of. I will make a list.
1) Dentists. It's mostly due to some horrific childhood memories. Also, I hate fluoride. Hate it. With all of the passion I can muster.
2) Airplanes. Whenever I board, I always take care to be at the end of line. As I walk down the aisle, I carefully scan every person on the plane and make sure they aren't possible terrorists. It's kind of OCD-ish, actually.
3) Spiders. This is going to sound silly- And, okay. I'm pretty much fine with anything with a diameter of less than an inch and a half. The little ones don't bother me. I mean, I can kill them with one finger if I need to... But once you start getting into those huge, monster spiders... I freak out. Not in the scream-like-a-five-year-old-and-run-around-in-circles way. In the get-the-hell-out-of-there-as-fast-as-you-can way. I have a camp on the lake, and I've had a million encounters with wolf spiders... I've gotten pretty used to it. Even though I'm really terrified by them, I actually find them a bit fascinating... They're cool if you can get a good look at them... The biggest spider I've ever seen was a tarantula in Arkansas which happened to be crawling up my staircase. I picked it up, at age 5, the fearless nature girl that I was, and showed it to my dad. "Go show it to your mother!" was the response I got.. Well... let's just say there was a lot of screaming, standing on chairs, and my father sleeping on the couch after that incident. Oh, spiders! So many memories. While any 4-inch spider can scare the bejeezus out of me, I'm pretty much gold with any other creepy-crawly animal. You might not know it by looking at me, but I used to be quite the nature girl. I used to catch snakes and keep them in my room. Which is cruel, now that I think about it. And don't tell my mother. She still doesn't have an explanation for the frequent snakes slithering around the kitchen. "The cat brought them in."
Alright, well. I need to go. My appt. is @ 3, and I have things to do before then...
CK (:
Great list! I agree with you about the dentist. Everything the dentist does terrifies me. And I even have a nice dentist (he's very patient and non-alarmist).
ReplyDeleteAirplanes are fun, but can be tiring when there's a delay. I like flying, so that's probably why nothing really bothers me about it. I think getting on the plane (security and such) is more annoying than actually flying.
Spiders. Yech. Yes, spiders are icky :D