My life has been really crazy lately, so today I did what I always do when I have too much to do and not enough hours… Procrastinate!
We’ve lead a fairly cluttered life for the past three years, but out of the blue, I decided to convert our laundry room into a family command center. This explains why at 4:45 in the afternoon- when I SHOULD have been home making dinner- I was instead headed to Target in search of file folders, labels, in-boxes, and bins…
I figure, if I can’t control my life, I can at least be in a zen-filled place with our outgoing mail.
Our Target has a very spacious park lot which I’ve never seen more than half full. It was a terrible time of day to go, with people stopping after work or rushing home. But even then, there were still plenty of parking spots available. As I made my way down the row of parked cars looking for one, an SUV almost hit me as it cruised right down the center of the lane. The driver, a woman in sunglasses and a pretty scarf, didn’t even notice since her head was completely turned sideways.
I saw her again as we went down the next row in opposite directions. Same scenario.
We crossed paths once more down another row when I found a spot and took it. As I got out of my car, I saw her gesturing wildly, pointing to me, and screaming. “I’m going to kill you. That was MY spot. MINE!” she mouthed.
Just as this was happening, she drove past an open spot directly across from me. It was just on the other side of her car, and if she hadn’t been YELLING at me she would have seen it too.
Somewhere in this there is greater life lesson. Something along the lines of “if you live your life in anger, the red blinds you to the beauty that surounds your day”.
I don’t know. I’m not Confucius. All I took away from it was “Wuz up, I got mine”. blahbah!!!
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Wow, I find that very disturbing and more than a little scary that we are all allowing ourselves to be so stressed and aggressive towards strangers in a parking lot!
Whatever happened to patience and common courtesy? And don’t have to wonder if that (lady?) person gesturing and mouthing would feel embarrassed and silly if she could see a video of herself? Good luck on your command center!
Have fun making a command center!!! Sounds like fun. I will have to say that people getting all angry and impatient in public makes me feel sad for them. Arguing over parking spaces when there are plenty, or tailgating me when there’s a red light up ahead make no sense whatsoever.
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I’d love pics of your command center! Read: I’d love to see what you do and then copy it. =)
I never get why people get so worked up and possessive over parking spots. Just don’t get it at all!