IT WORKED!!!

i don't know what i did when i tried it the first time but now it seems to be working!! 
i'm going to seem so responsbile now - one a day for 4 days before the 2 weeks that i go without, instead of 4 in one day and then 2 weeks without.

do you know.  i have a friend that may or may not be (i really like to say "may or may not") slightly obsessive compulsive.  ocd, if you need to see it like that to feel it's a psychological disorder. 
i think mostly obsessive.  because technically, when you are/have ocd, you have these strange obsessions, some common ones are that you're going to die, or your house will burn down, or a family member will die, and so you develop these compulsions to prevent your obsession(s) from actually occurring.  some of those are like locking every window in the house and then checking every window 7 times each, or like flicking the light on and off 13 times to make sure they are off.
anyways.  i'm pretty sure she's just obsessive.  she likes order very much - like if you have a row of pencils on your desk all in a line and one is just barely skewed, it will make her insane.  or if you take your sticks of gum out of the pack nonsymmetrically.  and another one is if you are writing and mix letter numbers with number numbers.  like i just did.  you know "4 in one day"?  well i used to work with her, and it made me laugh, so i would do those on purpose, just to make her suffer. 
hey, i'll either cure her, or...or....or i guess i won't... but no worries - she's a tough girl!!