Length of Shower: 6 minutes on each side --So lately I have been thinking a lot about sides. Sides of the bed, sides of the car, sides of an issue, sides of my face and mouth, and yes even both sides of that proverbial coin that everyone always talks about. And these "sides" made me think.
For example, the sides of my mouth. I realized a few days ago (and this is what started all my thinking) that I always tend to chew my food or "taste" my drinks on the right side of my mouth. I don't mean the correct side, I mean the literal right-hand side of my mouth. And so I began to chew my food on the other side (the left side) to see how it was different. I didn't expect it to be that different to be honest....but it was! When I chewed my food on the left side it just didn't taste as good. Like it was blander or lacked flavor somehow. I mean I could still "taste" it in the very basic and elementary meaning of the word, but the flavor was somehow faded. When I moved that same morsel of food back to the right-hand side of my mouth the flavors started popping again. It was amazing! Like I was tasting it again for the first time. But then, of course, I started to think maybe something was wrong with the left side of my mouth. Like I had had some kind of small aural tongue stroke or something. Why was food tasteless over there but on the other side, a mere few centimeters away, food had the fabulous taste I had always enjoyed? I couldn't figure it out and the more I experimented with it, the more questions seemed to arise. I thought maybe I just wasn't using that side of my mouth enough, so I began to chew more food on that side in an effort to "practice" tasting. But that didn't help either. So, I settled on the fact that that is just the way my mouth is and that is ok. I mean, at least half my taste buds work....I guess.
But what about sides of other things? Like my bed? I'm single (for now) and I sleep in a queen sized bed. It's interesting to me which side I fall asleep on and which side I wake up on. Now, what's really interesting is that I go through phases. There are times where I prefer, and fall asleep easier, on the left side of the bed. But then there are times when it's the right side. Most often these phases last months at a time and I can never understand why? Is my brain somehow keeping track and making sure that my mattress never gets lopsided? Maybe, I don't know, but it's interesting to me. And here's the real kicker...sometimes I fall asleep on one side of the bed and wake up on the other. When and why did I move? I don't know, but I wish I did. And finally, what about those rare nights when I have to sleep diagonal!? I don't know the answer to that either! Is there something wrong with me? I hope not. I choose to think that I'm a high functioning sleeper and there is some kind of hidden genius in the phases and ways that I sleep. Yeah, I'm just ahead of my time I guess.
Finally I'd like to discuss the expression, "there are two sides to every coin." Of course there are two sides to every coin! There are at least two sides to everything! What genius came up with this phrase? And why did he/she choose a coin? Why not a hand or a piece of paper or even a rug!? Don't we obsess enough about money in our society but now simple expressions have to bring money into them as well? Ha, not this guy....not anymore. I will re-invent the phrase and thus transform the world as we know it. From now I when I use the expression it will be "Well you know...there are two sides to every door." And people will love it and use it and you will all know that it started with me. Of course the OTHER side to this story is.....
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