Me = Weirdo

I am one of those weirdos that will laugh out loud - literally bust out choking with laughter while doing relatively sedate tasks like reading.  If I find a passage in a book funny, I don't let out passive ladylike singular chuckles- I often loose it for a few minutes before going back to the book.  My kids and husband stop what they are doing and just stare at me.  Same thing when watching TV or listening to the radio.  What is most embarrassing is when I laugh out loud to one of my own errant thoughts.

I have a weird fascination with the study of body language.  I find it totally engrossing.  One item of universal understanding in body language is when someone rubs their hands together quickly.  It means they are excited or anticipating something exciting.  My dad always does this at the point in the movie or show where he is most hooked into the plot and cant wait for the outcome.  I always thought this was such an endearing part of him.  The other night my husband caught me doing it too.  That makes me smile.

In my head I think there is nothing so romantic as when men and women used to call each other sir and madam and Mr. Rochester and Miss Eyre etc.  Even when they are married.  I tried it the other day and I fumbled out Mr. Mackrory and all I got was a weird look.  Bah- romantic for sure!

On the subject of romance I think the very best romantic scenario (and it is universally every woman's dream) is when it seems a man cant help himself but to fall in love with a woman and she is totally unaware of it.   Like Mr. Darcy and Miss Elizabeth Bennett.  Of course Andrew will be the first to say he was under my spell quite quickly himself.  As it were, "I cannot fix on the hour, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun." P&P.

I take profuse pleasure in tax season.  I think in another life I could have been an accountant.  I love crunching the numbers, checking the figures and finding every last bit of detail to maximize our tax return.  It is satisfying in a very cruel way to feel so nerdy and like it.