Too long to be a comment
I started writing this in response to Betsy's post, but then I realized it could be a post of its own. Plus it got longish.
Like I said in my post the other day, the heat is making everyone act crazy. We're all irritated, things are difficult, we're doing things we wouldn't usually do. You get a weird perspective on human trends in terms of weather, holidays, etc when you work customer service for a huge organization. Also: however baby humans are acting is how everyone is acting. "Oh, my baby is crabby cuz she didn't sleep enough." "My kids went to a birthday party and ate a bunch of crap and sugary things and now are out of control." "My kid is acting clingy/crazy/shy/outgoing/dumb/whiny because of the hot/rainy/cold/beautiful weather." But nobody ever says, "Sorry I've been such a dick on the phone today, all I had to eat this morning was a pop tart and I was tossing and turning last night because my sheets were soaked with my own sweat." Or in your case, "Let's all have the bitchiest check depositing situation possible, we're deyhdrated and trying to move quickly through an impenetrable atmosphere, and then I'll stay here and wait on this line of cranky whiners while you truck your smelly kids to the zoo to meet up with your other irritated friends and see a bunch of pissed off animals, and then for fun we'll throw in a problem-solving, weight-lifting, seat-moving challenge for you to execute in front of your impatient acquaintances. And also a little bit of hide and seek to prolong the time you're stuck outside, that'll make for a hilarious story!"
Betsy, I think this insane weather lets you off the hook. Brains and bodies function best in a controlled environment, just like computers, plants, and recipes.
P.S. I'm not sure you really want my brain. For more information, please refer to: parking tickets, overspending, overdraft charges, leaving shakers in the city when your WW class is in the suburbs week after week after week, driving almost to O'Hare before realizing you have been on I-90 instead of I-94 and missing the class that you teach in the same place every single week, perfectionism, stubbornness, self-criticism, inability to forgive one's self, taking things personally, overthinking, high expectations.
Like I said in my post the other day, the heat is making everyone act crazy. We're all irritated, things are difficult, we're doing things we wouldn't usually do. You get a weird perspective on human trends in terms of weather, holidays, etc when you work customer service for a huge organization. Also: however baby humans are acting is how everyone is acting. "Oh, my baby is crabby cuz she didn't sleep enough." "My kids went to a birthday party and ate a bunch of crap and sugary things and now are out of control." "My kid is acting clingy/crazy/shy/outgoing/dumb/whiny because of the hot/rainy/cold/beautiful weather." But nobody ever says, "Sorry I've been such a dick on the phone today, all I had to eat this morning was a pop tart and I was tossing and turning last night because my sheets were soaked with my own sweat." Or in your case, "Let's all have the bitchiest check depositing situation possible, we're deyhdrated and trying to move quickly through an impenetrable atmosphere, and then I'll stay here and wait on this line of cranky whiners while you truck your smelly kids to the zoo to meet up with your other irritated friends and see a bunch of pissed off animals, and then for fun we'll throw in a problem-solving, weight-lifting, seat-moving challenge for you to execute in front of your impatient acquaintances. And also a little bit of hide and seek to prolong the time you're stuck outside, that'll make for a hilarious story!"
Betsy, I think this insane weather lets you off the hook. Brains and bodies function best in a controlled environment, just like computers, plants, and recipes.
P.S. I'm not sure you really want my brain. For more information, please refer to: parking tickets, overspending, overdraft charges, leaving shakers in the city when your WW class is in the suburbs week after week after week, driving almost to O'Hare before realizing you have been on I-90 instead of I-94 and missing the class that you teach in the same place every single week, perfectionism, stubbornness, self-criticism, inability to forgive one's self, taking things personally, overthinking, high expectations.
posted by Lindsay at
5:15 PM
1 Comments:
You are so wise Lindsay. Of course I know all this...but the heat...you're right. I also seem to have trouble shaking off things that happen to me and I let it affect the rest of my day. Thanks for taking the time to answer my ramblings!!
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betsyjane, at 7:08 PM
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