Several of my Facebook friends have been doing that exercise where you count three blessings a day for five days. It doesn't hurt to sit down and realise how blessed you are. I know how lucky I am to have a great man (even if he's not perfect, see below) and a brilliant family (if slightly mad). I'm healthy (mostly), wealthy (compared to 90% of the world, if not to Bill Gates) and wise (yes, I did say, wise).
However...sometimes petty annoyances jump up and bite me on the bum.
Things that have annoyed me this week:
1 The man is, as I may have mentioned before, the untidiest person in the world. People don't quite believe me when I try to explain just how untidy he is. But now I have proof. I bought a nice big box of PG Tips which I should have put in the larder immediately but foolishly left on the worktop. When I got home he had opened the box. A normal person would have removed the cellophane and run their thumb along the perforations to make a nice flap which you could close again. But not the man, oh no. This is how the box looked when he'd finished with it.
I rest my case.
2 My annoyances seem to be of my own making because, secondly, I stupidly filled in a Conservative party online questionnaire. I thought I may as well make my views known on a variety of subjects, more in hope than expectation. But since then I have been inundated with emails from Conservative MPs, all seeking my support on a variety of Tory policies. GO AWAY AND LEAVE ME ALONE.
3 I had to phone the Inland Revenue this week about my tax code. After all that "press 1 for this, press 2 for that malarkey, I was put on hold on a loop - music, message ("thank you for waiting, one of our advisors will be with you as soon as possible"), music, message, music, message, music, message for what seemed like an eternity. I'm using the word "music" quite loosely. Its plinky plonkiness was so abysmal that I wanted to tear my ears off and transplant them on to a mouse. Must admit, though, when I finally got through,my query dealt with efficiently and quickly.
4 I live in rural Devon so roads are it is winding with few places where it is safe to overtake. I'm fairly patient behind farm vehicles because I know they will soon turn off but this week I got stuck behind an old Ford Escort. My heart sinks whenever I arrive behind a car and all you can see are two fluffy white heads barely peeking above the seats. It's a tricky road and you have to be careful BUT THAT'S NO REASON TO DRIVE AT 20mph AROUND THE BENDS AND BARELY SPEED UP ALONG THE STRAIGHTISH BITS. Then, blow me down, when they finally reached a stretch of road where it was possible to overtake, the driver suddenly found his accelerator and hared along at the rate of knots, before braking violently and taking the next bend at 20mph.
There are several other annoyances I could mention, but I'll leave those for another day.
Goodbye, and don't forget to count your blessings.
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I love this post---your humorous style of writing and sharing life's little moments. But what the heck are PG Tips? I have no clue.
ReplyDeleteClearly the man needs box opening instructions, but would he pay attention? Is it loose leaf or teabags? I'm guessing teabags since I don't see any spilled tea.
ReplyDeleteThat car didn't want you in front of them. Some people just insist on driving annoyingly.
ReplyDeleteThat last one drives me nuts when it happens.
ReplyDeleteI think slow drivers are often worse than those that speed. Impatient folks do crazy things and I'm glad you're not one and stayed safe. By the way, I mangle boxes left and right but my husband doesn't seem to know how to find the trash can. ~sigh~ His mother used to say that you could always tell when he'd been in a room. And it's so true; he'll tell me what he snacked on earlier when he needn't have because I already tossed the empty wrapper. lol Be well!
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