Day 24, Friday: Your top 3 worst traits

Hmm, I have a few. top three.. I wonder if Michael would say the one's I'm choosing :p

1. I am a control freak, and a natural born leader. If I see that people aren't doing things in the most efficient way/they could do it easier/they're destined to fail/it isn't right, then I have to speak up. and I have to suggest another way for them to do it. Even with elders. My lecturer yesterday put a carrier bag in her big bag so she could ride her bike home, but it was poking out the top so the rain was going to get to it and I had to suggest that she put it in the other way around.. my bad.
2. I like to have a plan. If I don't have a rough plan things go wrong. I can definitely sway from the plan if something better takes my fancy - it's not an autistic thing - but yeah, for weekends away/holidays/gatherings, I roughly like to know how things are going to go so I can prepare myself for them.
3. I have to prepare myself for things. It's like a little pep talk, I have to win myself over for a little bit before I can actually be okay with something. It takes about a day, which is why I don't like things thrust on me, but I can actually manage when things are thrust on me, I think it's the time in-between that makes me unsettled. I think it's developed this year since living with non-friends but not accepting that as a reason not to do things (I would't miss out on something just because I might have to go alone). 

So yes, another interesting one! I am off on a weekend away with some of my girl-friends today, a couple of drunken nights out which.. shall be amusing. I'm sure I'll report most of the mischief when I get back but that does mean I might not be able to get to the challenge over the next couple of days - of course I'll catch up. Have a lovely weekend :)

Day 23, Thursday: Things you've learned that school won't teach you

I think the main theme for the lessons I've chosen is that these things you technically are taught in school, but you need a bit of your own life experience and 

1. that teachers/parents/elders do really know better than you, but you need to experience it yourself to believe them. E.g. times the best healer, it'll be better in the morning, you can't revise just the night before and expect to do well.
2. when you weigh things in the supermarket it's much cheaper than buying anything in a 'deal'.
3. things that have taken a lot of thought trump those that are expensive
4. you have to have gone through something yourself to slightly understand what someone is going through or feeling, even then you don't fully know. But still, if you haven't you can definitely listen.
5. The importance of listening. People can really open up and take a weight off their shoulders if you let them know that someone does actually care. 

There are a lot more but I'm not going to go there, I think 5 is good :) I can't wait to see what everyone else posts today - this is a great prompt!

Day 22, Wednesday: Rant about something. Get up on your soapbox and tell us how you really feel.

(a pet peeve, a current event, a controversial topic, something your husband or roommate or neighbor or boss does that really ticks you off)

err. I make lots of little complaints all the time, but I don't think I have a big one at the moment. Um. How quick iPhone's lose their battery? How my phone is the SLOWEST phone of all time and I NEED a new one as it drives me insane and no one really gets it because their phones are fine? Something along those lines. I did try and buy a new one when I was paid a lot recently, but then it turned out to be faulty so I had to return it, and I didn't get round to buying another one. But for those few days, I realised what it was like to have a quick functioning phone, that made it easier to talk to Michael, there was an app to send him letters, I could have all my favourite apps back that have been lost due to the IOS update (whatsapp, instagram to name a few). hmmmm yeah. So I'd like a new phone, but until I get a job... not likely.