Monday, December 17, 2007

Houston, we have a problem

Commence freak-out in 5-4-3-2-1.

I was tired and cranky and annoyed at the whole day today, minus my half-hour in the sunshine, and I let it get to me.  I let paranoia creep in slowly at first and then the pace quickened.  Suddenly I was aggravated at my situation.  Then I felt entitled followed by feelings of disdain and then a little pathetic desperation.  I guess those are the normal emotions one feels when trapped in solitary confinement.  But every once in a while the slot in the door opens for some old food and I catch a glimpse of the sunlight and I desperately want out.  

I'm not normally a patient person when I really want something.  I am being sooo patient.  If patience is a virtue then I should be nominated for saint-hood right about now.  Go ahead, pay your alms, light some candles and start reciting at my feet.  Maybe one day some lucky Gentile will see my face in a stain on a wall and become a believer.   I will wear the sad, sorrowful face of a patient woman.  

Patience is not a virtue in this situation.  It is a poison.  And just like they say in mean girls, "when you get bit by a snake you have to suck the poison out, and that's exactly what i had to do".  Well that's exactly what I have to do.

Commence de-poisoning in 5-4-3-2-1

2 comments:

tara said...

This post makes me a bit nervous. What happens when the countdown ends? Does something blow up? Are you going to go America all over his a--? Maybe it's a good idea to take a step back and remember that rashness rarely leads to positive outcomes.

Marge Bjork said...

"And something's got to change/'Cause our love's the slowest moving train"
-Rilo Kiley

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has ever experienced the paranoia