I was tagged by skeet over at Skeet’s Stuff to do this meme about Obsessions. It sounded fun, so I agreed to give it a whirl. Here are five things that I obsess about:

1. Germs. I’m not exactly at Howard Hughes levels yet, but I’m getting there. I wash my hands at least 20 times per day and carry hand sanitizer around with me wherever I go. I mean, rationally speaking, I know that I’ll never get rid of all the germs around me and that it’s not even a good idea to do so (resistance to illness and all that), but I still go through the motions. Can you say OCD? Uh huh.

2. My PayPal balance. Ever since I started blogging for profit back in November, I have become obsessed with building up my PayPal balance. This is especially true now that I’ve joined the PayPal Money Market Fund and am earning 5.02% on my balance. At the end of each month, I get a nice dividend just for leaving my money in there. Pretty cool!

3. The Internet. Okay, I admit it. I am completely obsessed with the Internet. The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is turn my computer on to check my emails, the news, my blogs, etc. When I return home after being out for a couple of hours, I go right to the computer check everything out. Even when I’m sitting on the couch watching TV, I have to take a break every half hour or so to sneak into my office for a few minutes on the Internet. Pretty dumb, I know. This is something that I definitely want to change.

4. Movies. I love watching movies and usually try to get one in every single day (good thing I have my Reviews and More blog so I can write off the expenses at the end of the year ). I only go to the theater about once a month, but I rent stuff all the time and I even watch movies on cable. Any genre, any actor, any director… not picky about those things at all. I just want to be entertained!

Hmm, I can only think of four obsessions here, so this’ll have to suffice. It looks like everyone else I know online has already been tagged (and those that haven’t had made it clear that they hate this type of thing), so I’m not going to pass this along!

I talked to my mom earlier today to wish her a Happy Easter, and as we were chatting, she started talking about some of the things she’s doing to her home. Her house is relatively new (she’s been in there for just over a year) and she’s finally ready to do some interior painting. She told me about how she’s finally settled on the colors she wants in each room, so all she has to do now is contact a contractor, find out their price to paint a house, and then get it done.

I had checked on painting estimates a little while ago, so I was able to direct my mom to a couple of websites where she could get online estimates. Hopefully she can get everything taken care of soon so she can finally just sit back and enjoy her home!