Silly things I really love

Remember when I made a list of things that bother me, even though they shouldn't? Well, I have also been working on a list of things I really love. This is it.

When I have EXACTLY the amount of paper I need in my printer. I love it.

Today at work I was preparing a report (we do investment updates every month for our clients), and part of that is moving all the information around to where it needs to be. We use spreadsheets, and along the left side there are dates going up to 2014. So when you do a new report, you need to drag the information to the applicable date. Today I was preparing for the October 31 reports, and the row that October 31 was on was 1301. Which is 1031 backwards, which is October 31st! Do you LOVE it? I do.

The other day I pulled up behind a car that was exactly the same as mine, except a different color. Then I realized that the license plate of their car was only ONE LETTER different from ours! Same numbers, and ours ends in UXG, and theirs ended in UXB. Can you believe it? Car twins!

Shredding things. (I love a lot of things about my job, turns out.)

Frying an egg and watching the whites turn from clear to white.

Letting my leg hair grow for 2 weeks or more. It's just more satisfying to shave it off that way. When you're doing that every-few-days-or-so business, you just don't appreciate the smoothosity. Also it keeps you warm.

Packing peanuts.

When Chris plays ballet with me and we do leaps and stuff. He is really good at catching me mid leap.

Hobby Lobby. I've only been once, but I felt like I was at Disneyland.

Standing next to my little brothers and seeing how tall they are. Way taller than me is how tall they are.

Every Taylor Swift song.

Peeling protective covers off of new stuff. Chris got a new phone recently, and he let me do the honors. It is so satisfying.

Similarly, I also love peeling those little sticky strips of glue off of junk mail. I love the moment when you're stretching our your arm, peeling it, and it finally leaves the paper and snaps up and hits your fingers, and makes a bunch of tight little tendrils out of the glue.

Perforated edges.

Election season, when you get to hear perfectly respectable and otherwise serious people say the silliest word on earth--gubernatorial.

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People that sass me on the phone at work. Seriously, I love it that people think they can be rude to the girl answering the phones, and still get to talk to the guy who doesn't answer the phones. I feel like saying, "You know, I'm the gatekeeper of this place. You should be nicer to receptionists." A while ago I got a call where the person said very briskly, "I need to talk to the person who would make decisions on an office relocation." So I said, "Actually, we're not interested in that."

And they said, "Well, are you looking to relocate in the next 3-5 years?"

And I said, "No."

And they said, "And YOU would know?"

And I said, "Yes I would. Have a great day!" and hung up. And I honestly LOVED that they gave me a little sassy, "And YOU would know?" Awesome. Who does that?

Crunching around in the leaves outside. But I'm so bummed when they're a little damp. Dampness takes all the enjoyment out of leaves on the ground. Dang you, morning dew.

Wearing colorful tights.

Getting catalogs in the mail.

Cleaning the bathroom mirror. (Don't mistake me, I don't do it often enough, but I should, because I LOVE it.)

Babies with huge thighs.

Really great dates. Like, this year my birthday is on 12/11/10--descending numbers! 10/10/10 was pretty exciting. This post will be published on 11/11 at 11:11 am--who doesn't love that? Oh, and I'm already envious of my brother Zach, who in 2 years gets to experience 12/12/12--the very last time we can celebrate this nonsense--for his birthday. I have to say, though, I think I prefer the dates that go in an order, you know 8/9/10, over the 11/11/11 business. 5/5/05 was good though, because it's a holiday AND a cool date. So there you have it.

Now, tell me, people. What silly things do you really love?