Day One.

    I must say that I've never written a blog before, nor have I really read that many. I decided that sharing my everyday experiences of the disorder might be a healthy way for me to improve upon it, so I am going to write a blog entry everyday for 365 days. I must say the inspiration was by watching Julie & Julia, which was on TV last night. This won't be nearly as hard as making Julia Child recipes everyday, but it will still be challenging for me to write down some of the somber details of the horrific OCD days in my life.
    The hardest challenge for me this week has been the fact that I had to get pest control in my house to take care of a bee infestation. Now, I am not scared of bees, nor did I think it had become such a huge problem. It's when you want to do laundry and have to clean up 15 dead bees on the floor to get to the machines that you realize you have a problem! That doesn't even include the ones buzzing around my head. My hardest fear to overcome was the fact that I was completely paranoid that the pest control people would bring bugs into my house. There's a specific kind of bug that I am the most fearful of....I can't even write it down, but I am sure you know what I'm talking about. I will give you a hint....if you get these bugs they are nearly impossible to get rid of and could drive a person insane. The guys came twice and after they left I obsessively spent a least an hour washing the floor after them. Unfortunately I couldn't go into the basement to clean the floor after they had treated it, so I had to try to mentally block the idea that these bugs were multiplying in my basement waiting for the chance to infest my house. Ugh. Anyway, I went down to do laundry today and I had to clean up about 20 more dead or dying bees. I can't wait until they are all dead and I can vacuum the whole basement and bee done with the whole ordeal:)
    I might add that if I wasn't obsessed with doing laundry the bee issue might not have been that bad. More on that obsession another day!