Okay Let’s Take a Minute –

This time of year can be how shall I say it … frustrating to say the least.  Just a little bit.  An itsy bitsy small part of being a pain in the lower back side regions.  It’s the time of the year.  Really.  People are shopping for the perfect present either on line or in malls/stores.  Days are short in hours but our lists seem to grow further and further and there is *never* enough time in the day.  Children are still in school with recitals, homework and projects due at the last minute.  At work, end of the year projects and closures for 2013 are in process.  And moms – well they deserve a special medal on top of it all.  They juggle the schedule, work, shop and still come home to make sure everyone eats right.

So bottom line, it can be a total frustrating time of the year.

So instead of steaming up like a train whistle, here’s your chance to get it out of your system.  Let it flow and let it go as mom says.  Here’s your moment – do you have something that is bugging you, getting on your last nerve, stressing you out?  Let it out.  Post away.  I’m hear for you and will listen.  Get it off your chest.  My mommy volunteered to go first. 🙂

“Hi, my name is June.  I’m Bacon’s mom and I have stress.  Admission is the first step and I’m here with it.  You know what perturbs me?  Let me tell you.

First off – I’ve been looking at a Mickey Mouse purse on line (go figure, right).  I took the chance of waiting to see if the price would go down.  It did.  And so did all of the stock 😦

Second off – I’m sure others can relate to this one.  Drive thrus – is that enough said?  LOL  I *hate* it when you go through a drive thru, order a drink and they give you two pieces of ice – so frustrating.  What’s more frustrating?  Getting to work with that nice refreshing cool coke only to realize in your first sip that the CO2 is out or something and it is .A.W.F.U.L.”

So go my friends – let it out.  I’m here for you to listen.

 

Mommy Time Out

Usually I am the one getting into trouble at the Hotel Thompson and serving the time for the crime. But this time, it was mommy – snorts.

Apparently driving home last night from the worky place mommy got all worked up and frustrated. What takes her normally 15 minutes to get home took her 35 minutes tonight. When she got home, she went off like a firecracker on the Fourth of July. It’s very rare to see mommy like this. In fact, I really can’t remember mom having a time out. But, she did last night. Daddy sent her to her room for a time out. I’m not sure who was more shocked. Me or mommy – snorts. But it was all in good fun.

She served her time and came out after a while. Finally we all listened to mommy ramble and get everything off of her chest. I have to admit, some of it was funny. See how many of these traffic situations you’ve been against while you’ve been behind the wheel.

1. Car signals. Mommy said that they are on the car for a reason. It lets the people behind you know of your intentions when driving. I guess some people don’t understand that simple notion. They go left or right without a signal or immediately stop for no reason out of the blue. Then there are the people that turn a right signal on and then turn left or vice versa.

2. I admit this next one cracked me up. Mommy said sometimes when you are driving, people need to get in front of you for a number of different reasons. You know, coming out of a lane, a business, etc. But when you let them, the nice thing to do is to wave as a little thank you. Mommy says it totally frustrates her that a lot of times people don’t thank you. She said she would even take ‘that’ hand gesture to acknowledge her gesture of kindness. And we all know what “that” hand gesture is – snorts.

3. What’s the rush? Mommy says it is totally frustrating to have someone behind you riding your bumper. They are in such a hurry that they go around you and get in front of you just to turn at the next exit. Really? What is the rush? You saved what – 2 seconds?

Have you ever experienced these types of driving frustrations? Can you relate to mommy?