[WheatToast]

Originally Posted by cinnamongrrl

The planets must be misaligned with all this off kilterness and discombobulation...

Kind of glad I’m not alone in it, but also sorry that others are feeling this too lol

I have been edgy about the orange menace who lives in a large, white house in DC. Because I over-consume news, I have been slightly cranky since Jan. 20, 1017. Because of the constant nature of this mild to moderate irritability, it doesn't take much for people in my real life to piss me off.
My new neighbor is a borrower, but not a returner. She is always trying to mooch my recreational products, as well. Moochie's a total pest, but I like her husband. I texted her a few weeks ago because I wanted to deliver a housewarming bottle of champagne. She ignored my text for two days, so I texted after that and wrote, "WTF?"
She texted back, "We were busy and couldn't be bothered." Then she texted "Don't get all upset now."
Call me fussy but, "couldn't be bothered" is not a good way for the new neighbor to stay chummy with me. I stopped messing with her.
I can't be bothered.
And then...
One of my clients (the most adorable young woman in North America) tries to trick me into doing scutwork for her, and when I said no last time, she started pouting. Then she got passive aggressive. I hate that shit.

So, what I had to give up was having imaginary conversations with these two, where I pick the perfect, snippy words to tell them off!
I started reading affirmations about the past being over, the future being a mystery, so right now is where my power is.
I choose not to ruminate on the past and mess up my present, so I let my resentments stay in the past and I stopped having conversations with these two little pests, both in person and in my head...