Neurotic

I'm finding it really fascinating how I have been able to pick up so many weird neuroses as it gets closer and closer to decisions day. These include but are not limited to:

(1) Rampant Caller ID Verification - Every time my phone rings I jump up and grab it hoping to see a long distance area code. Then when I see it is my mom, my best friend, or some other person whom I already know, I can't help but sigh and think "Why do they have to call right now and stop the admissions office from getting through?" Last week, a random area code did appear on my phone. But it turns out that it wasn't an admissions office. Rather it was from some guy I met at a bar in New York a few weeks ago and he finally got the guts to call. I should have been excited, but instead I was annoyed. Why is he calling during the witching hour?

(2) Witching Hour Anxiety - Between 5pm and 9pm EST every day for the past few weeks I cannot concentrate on anything but watching my cell phone and obsessively checking my email. The largest number of acceptance phone calls surface during this time. Also, the largest number of "ding" emails appear during this time as well.

(3) Email Paranoia - I cannot decide if I want to receive a "status change" email or not. Sometimes they are good, sometimes they are bad. Of course I would prefer a phone call. No one is going to call you and tell you that you didn't get in. It's like when you had a so-so date but are not interested enough to really answer the phone when the guy calls, but you know you have to say something. So you just send an email.

(4) Message Board Mania - I suddenly have this compulsive need to check the BW message boards every hour, on the hour, to see if any of my fellow applicants have received notification or even any other SHRED of information coming out of an admissions office. While not guilty of asking "when are you going to release the decisions?", I am incredibly thankful for the souls out there with the audacity to do it. If it weren't for you all, I would have probably eaten an entire box of Lindt truffles just to calm myself. Oh wait. I did that anyways.