TIAAWA

Things I Am A Wuss About.

Soaked in sweat along my whole backside, from head to toe. How I was when I got out of the oral surgeon's chair for the second time in a week. I had a piece of bone poking through my gum all weekend that cut a huge gouge in my tongue and inflamed my gum. Thus the need for a second visit. For shots under my tongue and grinding down of my jaw bone. To which they said I was a trooper for suffering all weekend through what they actually called a "ginormous" piece of bone doing all that damage.

It really is not big surprise a trip to the dentist would have me covered in nervous sweat, as it does almost every one. But here on my blog I try to present for the most part a certain view of me, Rowdy. One of action, perseverance, toughness, excitement and a happy-go-lucky life. But there are things I am a wuss about. Believe it or not Ripley.

1. Food. Raw meat. Under cooked things. I hate hate pink hamburger. I hate touching raw meat in the kitchen. I just see it as one big germy thing waiting to strike me with hours of sitting in the bathroom.

2. Talking on the telephone. Unless you are a family member I probably won't talk to you on the phone unless you really really pressure me.

3. Being cold. I can handle heat. But get me cold and I will whine. In my mind I'm calculating my chances of permanent damage to my toes and fingers. Cold kills me.

4. Nauseousness. You'd think I have soooooo much experience with this I could be like a boss and just own it. But if my stomach is truly 'upset' I'm done. Fork. I can handle colds, flu, headache or whatever. But please please don't get me nauseous or I gotta retreat into myself for a while.

5. Snakes. In my mind every single snake has only one thought in mind and that is to attack me and bite me. With no intent to devour me but just to cause me injury, pain and fear. My friends with snakes as pets I will not even go to the door. I wait in the parking lot and honk. It's that bad.

6. Singing. Whenever I actually try to sing I get goosebumps all over my arms. Without fail. I know I don't sing well at all but if I am actually making an effort to make the noise coming out of my mouth match the source I'm listening to.... well I just get goosebumps terribly.

7. Dentist. My dentist thinks I have a great attitude, and an extremely powerful bite!!, but I am putting on a front for her. I leave every trip to the dentist, even for just a cleaning, drenched in a cold sweat. Or as a subset, if someone comments on my teeth not being perfect it also really hurts my feelings.

8. Scary movies. I can not do these. Nope, no way. OK, let me define this a little better. I can handle "monster" movies just fine. But I can not handle scary people movies. No slashers, killers, psychos, torture, gorey anything. If the evil character is a person, I can't watch it. If I do I will not sleep at all and all the lights will be on and I'll be freaking out.

9. Diet drinks. I will suffer dehydration requiring hospitalization before drinking a diet drink of any kind.