Annoyed

The archaic definition of the word "annoy" is to attack repeatedly. Ladies and Gentlemen, I'd like you to introduce you to me, annoyed.

I have my 52nd cold of the year, which I'm pretty certain has just been a repercussion of my refusal to take the flu shot. I'm not afraid of needles. I'm just not a fan of injecting myself with anything other than the intravenous drip of chocolate I have next to my bed. My ears are plugged, my nose is seeping and my body is mad at me for playing volleyball two nights ago.

The annoying part of my day pretty much started from the second I woke up. No, not from my cold, but from waking up from a blissful dream that was really quite intriguing. You know, one of those kinds of dreams when you try to force yourself to go back to sleep in hopes that you will pick up where you left off? Don't lie, I know you've done it!

The kids were a bit cranky after we let them stay up late to watch Mary Poppins. I sat down for a rare bowl of cereal in the morning with my kids and I could almost swear the Alphabits were mocking me. Paul and I had a miscommunication about who was taking the kids to school. I had to drive to school in sloppy slush. I haven't worn flip flops with any consistency for more than 5 months. I had a moment of eye contact with a fat robin in my yard and I read her mind. She swore. I called her a name and we both went about our business.

Whether or not I am getting close to that magical time of the month when the world starts to turn against me and no one understand me doesn't really matter. My day today has already made up it's mind to annoy me and it's making good on it's intentions and I'm just three hours into it.

I have an appointment today with an insurance man to discuss our policies. As far as I'm concerned, the only policy worth discussing is why insurance companies feel it's their obligation to jack around with everyone. I wonder if he'd be offended if I actually said that out loud. I wonder if I could secretly videotape our meeting and make it into a comedy by asking him random questions that have nothing to do with insurance policies. Like "So, if the Easter bunny comes this year and breaks the lock on my door to give candy to the kids, is it covered under our homeowners to get that replaced?"

My coffee is cold. I made it too strong anyway. Of course, I did. I lit a candle while cleaning earlier this morning and I'm not sure why since I can't smell a thing. I tried to post a witty and hilarious update on Twitter this morning and Twitter was temporarily unavailable. What a shocker.

So, yeah. Today has been annoying so far. Repeated attacks. Unfortunately for this day, I'm a heck of a fighter and I am choosing to fight back. I will fight back, yes, and I will annoy the white out of this snowy day!!!! It'll be sunny in my world in no time...after I have a few more sharp words with that mean robin, that is.