I have been MIA for a few days. I have been pretty busy with getting Christmas shopping done and going to the gym and being lazy and feeling depressed and not wanting to blog and preparing a talk for sacrament meeting and a lesson for Relief Society (not on the same Sunday thank goodness!). But here I am...
For some reason people have been getting on my nerves lately. Not really anyone that I know or any one person in particular. Mostly bad drivers, inconsiderate shoppers and whoever else might be in my way at the wrong time.
You know the type; they can't ever figure out which is the gas pedal or the brake pedal, or they couldn't afford to put blinkers in their brand new fancy expensive car so they hope that you will some how know that they are going to turn at the next street light without warning, or they have no concept of the fact that you are in a hurry and therefore must move over so you can pass them, or they manage to put holiday shopping at a stand still at Kohl's while they wait for their husband to bring their Kohl's card to them when they are already at the checkout . Actually the cashier was nice enough to look it up for her on the computer, but she still needed to provide a photo ID. This lady stood there for literally 10 minutes while several of us could have checked out before her, while she waited for her lost husband to find her. Miraculously he did and we all made it out of there. These are the type of people that have been getting on my nerves lately. Oh! and then there was this one punk kid who totally stole another lady's parking spot. It was just like on Fried Green Tomatoes when the lady waits for the spot and then the young ladies come tearing in and steal it out from under her. Except these were a bunch of scary looking rapping dudes who couldn't even park their car straight and got out of their car laughing at how they just got the best parking spot in the whole Walmart parking lot while some poor lady had to circle around again. I wanted to say something to them, but they were a little scary.
I try to be a kind, loving, accepting, non-judgmental person, but lately I'm telling you it is hard to be perfect while everyone else around me suffers from some sort of perfection deficiency.
Or maybe I am suffering from grinchitis and just need to take a chill pill. No, that can't be it.
Posts
14 people have something to say:
>:)
I have been trying to be extra (and sincerely) nice to people, being patient and whatnot.
It's tough sometimes, easy when everyone acts like I think they should...oh wait, that rarely ever happens.
Oh well, have a great day Amanda :)
I've missed your posts! I'm sorry that icky people have been getting to you. Sometimes people bother me so much that I want to become a recluse because sometimes it's easier to be lonely than dealing with the world.
I agree that people can be selfish and inconsiderate. It's just too bad they decide to do it around the holidays when people should take extra care to be kind. :)
The other day I picked Randy up from work and I swear I used the horn more on that one 15-minute drive than I had the rest of my life put together. Maryland drivers Stink with a capital S, but for some reason, I'm feeling more impatient about it than ever too.
Sorry you have come across such inconsiderate folks. Hopefully you will run across someone really nice in line at a store and have some holiday cheer soon!
Tis the season eh? Sorry your feeling on the grinchy side of things. Why is it that we expect the holidays to be full of 'good cheer' then are surprised when it's not? I guess life is like a drive-thru.....you expect it to be fast but know it's not going to be then get mad when we end up being getting stuck behind the one car that ordered food for like 25 people!
Remember....Christ is the reason for the season. And He is the only way to perfection, it can not be attained by any strength of our own. (I'm still learning this) :)
Hope the remaining holiday season only gets better for you!
Merry Christmas!
First you need to visit NCS' Hulk post and let it all out. Then you need to go read my "Tuesday Devotional" post and then there will be peace on earth again.
I'm so sorry. I hate when stuff like that seems to happen all at the same time. I hope something will come your way to brighten you up!
what is with all these imperfect people? It's hard to not be cranky and irritated. Hope the people around you recover from their perfection deficiency.
Everyone gets this same attitude this time of year...I know...I've seen it and been the bearer of it.
I'm just grateful this year that I'm NOT working retail! That TOTALLY puts you off of the Christmas mood! :(
This is why I did most of my shopping online or in the midle of the night this year. You know how the Church always talks about having that "one foot in the world", I'd rather not even risk that or someone may run it over with a shopping cart in a hurry to snap up the last talking Dora on sale.
I speak from experience.
This is why I make my husband Christmas-shop. He likes it and I don't.
Hey, I love that you have a Playlist - how did you get that to work? Every time I try to get a code for more than one song, BAC freaks out on me. I've only been able to do one song at a time.
Can I just say - online shopping rocks?
Been missing you the last few days, and I have to say, it sounds like a classic case of holiday stress/sleep deprivation. Yuck!
I've been MIA, too. Just too much going on and a case of the stressed-out blues. I never understood the people who said that they get stressed out at Christmastime, and now I'm one of them.
Good luck!
Thanks for all your kind comments and encouraging words. I've decided the underlying cause of my grinchiness is the fact that I am not at all thrilled with going to UTah for christmas. I'll blog about that later.
Millie, I have you to thank for the link to the bestaudiocodes.com I just found the songs that I wanted and put them on my playlist. After I picked what I wanted, I added it to my template. I don't know that that answers your question exactly. Sorry it has not been cooperating for you.
Hey Amanda, that was me at the very top (dumb blogger, grrr, talk about getting all grinched out, I'm no anonymous!).
I know how it is when you are stressed out about something, and then inconsiderate people just don't make it any easier. Just today I left a not very nice note on someone’s car, this girl almost ran my baby down, didn’t even care to stop or apologize, I was fuming for about 5 seconds (then I stuck the note on her winshield). Shouldn’t have done that, there goes my good/nice behavior for today. :(
Post a Comment