Every couple of weeks, I reach the "Had it up to here!!!" point. You know, that one (or many) fateful days where you totally open up a can of "Snapshow" and let everyone within a 5 mile radius have it?! Often, I can feel the "Snapshow" brewing... a couple of days of a low simmer. A few deep breaths seem to curb it for the moment (Good thing I teach pain-coping and breathing practices!). At this point, I also check the calender, just to see if it's a real "Snapshow" or a "Hormone-Induced Snapshow".
(That's right ladies, you know what I'm talking about. I'm sure your husbands/boyfriends/roommates/children do, too!)
If it's the "H.I.SS" then at least I can warn the other occupants of my house... "The Hormones are rising!! Take cover while you still can!!" (Did you ever watch the cartoon "Katie Ka-boom" when you were a kid? Ya, that's me.) If it is a H.I.SS, there is really nothing you can do about it except yell, throw a few things, and sit down for a good long cry... washing it all down with large glass of red. It may be terrible, but it is usually over quick.
If it is just the good ol'regular SS brewing, it can be a bit easier to control. Often keeping it at bay for a few more weeks... then you can combine it with your anticipated H.I.SS fest. Those are fun days! But there are just a few things that can set me over the edge if I have been holding my SS at a slow simmer for a long time. Usually just silly, little things.. but they are the pin in my grenade of Snapshow.
1. Almost empty juice, milk, water, any beverage containers left in the fridge.
2. Wet towels left on the bed after a shower or bath. I can see the mold forming in my duvet.
3. The sound of people (namely my poor hubby) eating. Don't sit next to me on the couch and CHEW!
4. Having to shop at Wal-mart or Superstore and then specific items that I am there to buy are out of stock.
5. Stepping on my child's Leap Frog refrigerator magnets that he loves to leave on the floor.
6. Answering the phone, excited to have an adult conversation, and it's just a telemarketer!
7. When my son, whom I love and adore, uses his whiny voice ALL day long.
8. The instant that I start washing the dishes or mopping the floor, my nose itches.
9. When I am driving and the child is having a melt down because he dropped his sippy, and I can't reach it.
10. When my husband, whom I love and adore, forgets to rinse out (with soap) his day old, empty lunch containers. I cannot handle the smell!
Feel free to add to my list!!
2 comments:
Just beautiful!:)
The SOUND of people chewing is definitely snapshow material for me as well. UGH! So gross!
Also my dh's coffee grounds all over the counter.
Finding a used,year old "Goodnights" diaper at the bottom of the toybox. Awesome.
There are many more and I may just have to copy your idea on nmy blog one of these days..but right now I am drugged to the max and can hardly think. Stupid tooth!
you hit alot of good ones...there's always one more though....and for me it's when I go to pull toliet paper off the roll and it doesn't tear evenly...might not sound like a big deal..but very frustrating when you just want it to be a nice easy tear...I am glad someone has the same pet peeve about the wet towel on the bed....Dad does that all the time...and doesn't seem to understand that is no way to dry a towel.
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