I'm not sure if it's the rain or another cloud hanging over my head but I feel like making a list of things I'm not good at. Oddly, I am hoping this writing experiment will show 1) the list is short and 2) the things on the list are kind of trivial... I guess I'll see...

1) Folding fitted sheets
I now have to do this at the inn I'm working at. At one point, I wrestled with a king fitted sheet for half an hour. I was thinking if there was a security cam that it would probably make for some entertaining viewing.

No matter how hard I try (or which techniques from well meaning friends I employ), I may always be mediocre at this.

2) Baking
My bread ends up kind of blah and my cookies either end up too crisp or undercooked.

The carbohydrate is a basic at every meal so it's really too bad...though I guess that means staying low carb will be that much easier.

3) Dancing
You know that goofy dancing I do at weddings? Yup, that's all I know. And I am afraid to sign up for a dance class because the few I've taken as a younger child were completely unsuccessful. Want to see me squirm? Ask me to dance alone in front of a group. I may pee my pants.

4) Web design
I can tell a cruddy site from a mile away, and even give you opinions on sites. In my new freelance life, a lot of people thing I design websites. Trust me, you don't want me designing your website. I paid someone to do mine for a reason.

I am that terrible kind of web design client with my own stuff: I only know what I don't want and only when I see it. Thank god for my arty and techy friends I can consult with, and the patience of my web designers.

5) Paying attention to detail
I am not detail oriented. People always try to dispute this because I am quite competent but if you really know me, or in particular have worked with me, you know the truth. I will not notice if that photo is 4 pixels to one side, or that I left my coffee mug in the sink. I will not notice today is Thursday and there is always a meeting on Thursday between 9 and 9:30.

I am a little aloof which means keeping track of things like appointments and calling insurance companies and bringing back library books completely overwhelm me. I sometimes even get little heart palpitations if I think too much about it. In short: if I don't schedule it on my Google calendar, it'll never happen. Tell me something when you run into me at the grocery store and I'm not remembering it when I get home. Sorry!

What I'm seeing is there are always things I can do to improve in all these areas but I either don't want to do it or don't feel capable of doing it.

But I do see my list is pretty short and mostly manageable...

Anyway, that is for all you people out there who think I have my act completely together. I don't. But I'm ok with that if you are. :^)