Just a note to let you know that I am NOT the writer in the family the writer in the family is my wife Kathy. So this is my disclaimer the following blog will contain many grammar and comma mistakes so don’t be surprised to find a few along the way. I guess I should have paid more attention in English class while I was in school. Of course I did marry a woman who is a person who knows her English and a school teacher.
So I made my way to Raleigh in 2001 from the town of Southern Pines where I was born and raised and where most of my family of origin still lives. Moving here was THE best decision I could have made. It was also a huge culture shock for me. The LGBT community here is so much bigger than it was in Southern Pines. To me this is the BIG city and I love it! I found an AA group pretty quick. It is a gay/lesbian group. From there I found my friends and connections into the community.
In 2002 I met a woman who would later become my wife Kathy. We met in an AA meeting not the gay/lesbian meeting but an eatin meetin. We would go to K&W cafeteria after the meeting with a group of people from the meeting. It was a fun time that is for sure and some really good memories. Kathy had NO idea what she was getting into when she began dating me. In fact I am still amazed that she still married me. It must be LOVE.
Let me explain my above comment about Kathy not knowing what she was getting into with me. . I have many OCD {Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder} thoughts and behaviors that sometimes can become very stifling for me and those around me. My OCD is also the reason for this blog Jillsville. As my profile says many of my friends/family has said to me that you live in your own world which is true. In fact, more times than not.
One of my many OCD issues is HAIR. You know the ones that fall from your head or other body parts and land on the floor of your bathroom. UGH. Kathy always gives me {the look} you know the one…where the mouth is wrenched upward and the eyes are narrowed. Because I solve the HAIR problem by using the broom and dust pan combo that we keep in our bathroom. I sweep up the hair all the time. Whenever we have people over I try to make our bathroom off limits. But if someone does happen to use our toilet I clean it with the Clorox cleaner that we use. Then I change all the towels on the racks. Yes this is true it is what I do. But it works for me. Kathy has gotten use to it from me. She doesn’t say a word now. She just smiles and gives me {THE LOOK}.
Another one of my OCD issues are GERMS. If someone coughs or sneezes within ear shot of me I just cringe. Then I get {THE LOOK} from Kathy. It is hard during the cold season for me. My co workers are probably tired of me going around wiping down everything with my antiseptic rag.
Then of course there are the thoughts that I have that make perfect since to me but not to others. Hence Jillsville is born and full of humor and some thoughts and feelings that are mine alone that make perfect sense to me. .
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