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sooooooo... i'm driving my 4 year old, oscar, to nursery school this morning. we left in plenty of time, no really! & we were stuck in this traffic jam... i have no idea what caused it & i really didn't want him to be late for school. so we're sat there & oscar says what is this jam? honk the horn mum. i ask what good will honking the horn do & he replied to make them get out of out way!

i find it really funny how as soon as we get into a car & are surrounded with metal we would do things that we never normally would. lots of people become really aggressive, i've been the receiver of countless 'birds'! & have caused so much anger by wanting to switch lane, i'm indicating there's space but NO! people refuse to let you in... speed up in fact ~ doing that keeping my eyes straight ahead look, i can't see you! they would never need to get in another lane!!

what makes us like that? is it the fact that we can lock the doors & get away?

& what's with the picking the nose? it's like your fingers must have something else to do while driving & having a good old poke around the nostrils is the answer! just bear that in mind next time you have to borrow a car, the steering wheel is probably half made up of other people booggers!!

can you imagine if pushing a shopping cart had the same effect on us!! we'd be cutting each other off up aisles, yelling derogatory comments, honking the horn if you dared to stop & read a package. actually a horn would be great, some people are just so oblivious of blocking everyone's way!!


if we didn't have the metal around us we would basically be going along on armchairs & couches on wheels up the road.

since having kids i've really calmed my driving down... i try to leave in time & not make any crazy manoeuvres!! but it's nuts really, you can be driving along without a care in the world, but if you are late it's a totally different experience STRESS! the worst is when you are late & you're stuck behind the person who doesn't have a care in the world & isn't even doing the speed limit. you can almost hear them saying la la la la la as they're going along all calm & relaxed adding fuel to your fire!

i think we all take it turns with driving... either being the annoying person or being the annoyed person! when i see people arguing over a parking spot it looks really ridiculous!! but if that was my parking spot i'd be right there with the best of them!!

lets just stay safe ok!?

[ my husband says i attract crazies!! ]

soooooooo... i went to sam's club today... with my boys of course!! my beautiful mom had just been to visit me from italy, i hadn't seen her for 2 years & i'd dropped her off at the airport to go back home the day before. so i had a very heavy heart... my sam's club shopping trip wasn't the joyful event it usually is....

i go to the 'shortest' line to pay! lines are like the map quest directions.... shortest time or shortest distance ~ except you never know quite what you're going to get!!

i notice in my peripheral vision a lady, no cart, trying to exit, so i stop and let her through. then i have a bit of a sinead o'connor moment thinking that about 48 hours ago i had stood in a similar line at sam's with my mom & i drift off in a deep daydream (except it wasn't that deep because i was fully aware of my 2 rascals running in circles behind me!)

someone squeezes past my cart which snaps me out of my staring into space... it's that same 'lady' coming back... she struts past and huffs 'SMILE!!' at me...maybe i didn't hear her right so i say 'excuse me?' to my AMAZEMENT she says 'for god sake smile you're so ugly' & then pulls a face that my son does when i ask him to pose for a photo, pulling the corners of his mouth open with his fingers. i couldn't believe my eyes!! WHO DOES THAT??? i'm left feeling puzzled, trying to make some sort of sense of what has just happened!

all i can say is 'lady' & i use that in the loosest of terms that is the most revolting pant suit i have every had the mispleasure of seeing & it does absolutely nothing for you, except maybe reflect your taste!!