Sunday, July 8, 2012

Is It Locked?

I love living by myself. I don't have to worry about anyone judging me, I can do whatever I want whenever I want, I can go to bed late and sleep in, I can watch crappy TV shows, I don't have to worry about anyone's needs but my own, etc. The down side to living alone? Making sure the door is locked. I live in a very secure building, and I have 2 locks on my door, making it virtually impossible to get in unless I let you in. The problem? I'm so paranoid about forgetting to lock the doors that I often stand at my door for up to 10 minutes every night double, triple, and quadruple times 5 checking. It's ridiculous. I almost wish I was OCD about it, because then I could check the locks only a certain number of times and feel ok. But no. I'm just paranoid. And if my mind wanders while I'm checking the locks, I have to check again...and again. And you know what? I have never woken up in the morning to find that the door was unlocked. So I have no idea where this fear comes from, besides the normal single-chick-in-the-city fear. Sadly, I don't think its going away anytime soon, especially as I don't plan on getting a roommate. Maybe I should get a nice pad to put in front of the door to make it easy on my feet while I obsess...nah, that would probably just make me check even longer. Sigh.

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