Stress

Stress

Okay, so the holidays are supposed to be a magical time of year

Why is it that midterms are CRITICAL (tests that didn't exist until high school) to the 9^th grade passing? Lackadaisical 14 year old boys who have never put much store in grades are now sweating everything from Orchestra to algebra. That means parents are sweating the same thing... and more (because one is not the only one in the family)

Kids get sick this time of year (that means doctor visits and more stress)

Orchestra (two DIFFERENT ones because they are in two different schools) has concerts... right after work.. traffic doesn't take into account my need to get my butt home so I can get back into a car and back out into traffic.

And Traffic? Lord... what is it with drivers. People trying to merge into the highway can't just merge in... they have to SPEED to the LAST POSSIBLE min to try to get in... then aggressively push their way in to a gap that rollerblades wouldn't be able to squeeze into... they are apparently WAY more important than anyone else who has just spent an hour going 15 miles. THEY have a GOOD reason for getting on the highway and the rest of us morons are just out there to make their lives miserable. Okay, so I take that as a personal challenge and I MAKE their lives (or at least my personal corner of their lives) as horrible as I can.

I hate stress at a time when all is supposed to be right with the world.