14. I've talked before about being a little OCD about locks. This tidbit is somewhat related to that one. I cannot rest at night unless I've double checked immediately before bed that the front and back doors are closed and locked. It doesn't matter if I checked the doors a half hour earlier, I must check them again immediately before bed. I have a very hard time falling asleep if I do not.

I'm not paranoid about someone breaking in and stealing my stuff or molesting my cats or anything. It's about The Chicken. Every night when I check the locks I always think the same thing: "Remember Danielle Van Dam." Do you remember her? Five years ago she was snatched out of her bed by a neighbor while her parents slept. They forgot to lock the back door. Her body was found in the desert a few weeks later. She was seven.

Anyway, that's what I think. Every night I think of that little girl and I must check the locks before I sleep.

 
15. I hate boats. Hate them. Absolutely despise them. I'm not afraid of boats. I don't have a phobia or anything, or if I do it's a very mild one. I don't get panic attacks when I'm on a boat. I don't get seasick. I just really don't like them, and I'm not completely sure why.

I love water. I really like to swim. But I don't want to be on a boat. I'd rather swim a kilometer or two across a lake than take a boat.

The last time I was on a boat, I was kind of suckered into it. Bunny was in a bridal party and the wedding was on a boat. I kind of had to go. But I certainly wasn't happy about it. The whole time I was wondering if I could slip over the side and swim to shore without anyone noticing.

If I had my way, I'd never be on another boat again. But there are something like thousands of navigable lakes here. I'm pretty sure I'm going to get sucked into one again.

 
Bonus — I'm on vacation! Woo hoo and stuff! We'll be out of town at a family water park for several days and after we return I might take a break from all things blog related for the rest of the week. I may come back with fascinating and exciting posts about our adventures if (a) anything interesting happens, and (b) I'm not too lazy to write about it. See you all again in a few days… or a week… or something like that.