Weird things you do when you’re alone ...

I recently decided to take on one of those "writing challenges" that pop up from time to time in an attempt to keep my writing skills sharp and to work on some aspects of the craft. The first step to this 30 day challenge was to write about weird things you do when you are alone.

Having “alone time” is something I have become way too familiar with the past few months as I have been in the situation of hunting down my next job. Finding things to do to fill that time however has not been that difficult. I have become quite efficient at household chores from cleaning the bathrooms and keeping up with laundry (duties that are much appreciated by my wife).

But when it comes to “weird things I do when alone”, there are a couple that at least some would consider a bit odd.

• While watching TV may not seem like a weird way to pass the time, I seem to have developed an obsession with watching cooking shows, and in particular Ree Drummond – The Pioneer Woman. I get a real kick out of her “down home” approach and love her “comfort food” style recipes.
• Anyone that knows me well understands that I have a touch of OCD when it
  
  comes to organizing. Therefore, when left to my own devices, I can spend copious amounts of time organizing and arranging various areas of the house. Sometimes it’s in my “fishing room” where I can spend literally hours sorting lures, labeling tackle boxes (I LOVE my label maker!), and just basically “fish futzing”. This week, I plan to tackle the dreaded “container cabinet” – that area of the kitchen where all those plastic containers and lids are stored. I have become increasingly frustrated with this part of the kitchen as trying to match containers with lids has become an arduous task at best.
• I don’t know how weird this is, but another thing I tend to do when alone is clean house. Not weird in itself but when I do it, I like to play music … Hard Rock music … and I like it LOUD. I find AC/DC LIVE to be a particularly good soundtrack for getting housework done.

So there are my weird things I do when alone … or at least the ones I am willing to write about for public consumption.

Update: I did get the dreaded container cabinet organized, thanks to a re-purposed laundry basket ...