Bah Humbug

It's that time of year again - pre Christmas insanity. I've been trying to hide my head in the sand and pretend it's not happening but I'm going to have to succumb soon and get sucked into the madness of it all. Already the shops are packed with people and to find a parking spot involves stalking pedestrians pushing laden trolleys back to their cars. I don't know if it's just that people are behaving more obnoxiously than normal in the shops or it's that there are so many people that my personal space is being constantly invaded, but I feel like throwing a few punches eventually.

God I get annoyed when shops start putting decorations up at the beginning of October - it makes me feel stressed, that I should be starting to get organised when it's still 12 flipping weeks away. Then again maybe I should, then the shops would be empty....
It's all too hard, too many things to think about - I get Xmas Brain Explosion and it's not pretty.

Steve, Meshell and Paul just adore the Xmas food shopping expedition. I might add that I DID NOT invite them to share this with me. I normally forbid any members of my family to come food shopping with me because of their total lack of maturity in wanting to buy excessive amounts of unnecessary crap.

So, with total disregard for my happiness, they gleefully discuss their tactics. Last year it was 'divide and conquer' - with no warning they all peeled off in different directions, racing back to throw things in the trolley that I was wearily pushing, then off they'd go again on their hunting party. Their plan went a little astray when they realised that I was putting things back when they weren't looking. :-) I heard them discussing this year's strategy the other day - apparently they will appoint one person to remain with me to guard all the pickings. Perhaps I'll just refuse to go - no, that wont do, they'll buy bloody everything without me there to shout at them! :-)

However, I made myself feel better the other week, I even cracked a big Christmas smile! I bought myself a Christmas card - to me, from me. What do you think?

Grump Grump Humph

I'm in a mood.
I have a big problem with people who think they are better than others, that their rights in situations we all find ourselves in are somehow greater than everyone else. That their time is so much more valuable apparently. But it's perfectly ok for them to waste your time by flouncing around in their self important cloud, but don't even think of wasting theirs.

And what pisses me off the most is that I find people like that intimidate me and then I alter the way I do things to freaking accommodate them, so I get cross with myself because that's not how things should be!!!

And then I mull over things for days, which pisses me off as well - arrrggghhhh!!

And to top it all off I woke up this morning thinking it was Saturday. And it's not.

Right, now that's out of my system - let the day begin