Fiddler

  I'm a fiddler, when I'm sitting still or doing something I like to have something to fiddle with in my hands. My wife knowing this has got me necklaces, bracelets and other stuff so that I can do so, generally without annoying her too much with the noise. Today though I keep reaching for my wrist where my bracelet is and finding it not there. It fell off sometime during the night in bed and although I noticed when getting ready this morning I didn't want to go back in to the bedroom and turn on the lights or make lots of noise and end up disturbing my wife.

  The annoying thing is though I keep reaching for my wrist and finding nothing there. It has become an automatic reaction to me I do it so much and when I realise my bracelet is not there my brain goes "Huh?" for a second. It temporarily throws me and I have to pause what I'm doing to get my brain back on track. Doesn't take much does it? I must be such a creature of habit by now although if you ask my wife I suspect she already knows every little habit I have by heart like I can name hers. We all have these little things we do unconsciously and my fiddling is one of the more visible ones.