A progression of annoying events.

Exercise class this morning was a bit....challenging.  Not because of the workout but because of HER!

There is a woman who gets there 15 minutes late and then shoves herself into a spot that she never fits in.  Not because of her size but because of the general flailing that one does whilst exercising.  Guess where she decided to squeeze herself.  1 step in front of me.  Hear my words, not one space in front of me...1 step in front of me.  I could touch her without leaning forward and sadly I'm not exaggerating.  I told her there wasn't room she moved one more step forward.  Not helpful.

Have you ever been able to feel yourself getting mad?  Like if you do not remove yourself from a situation you are going to do something that will embarrass you and possibly harm someone?  Yeah, I was there so I left class early, and proceeded upstairs to the weight room to get some of my aggression out.

You know who goes to the weight room at 8:30 in the morning?  Typically senior citizens.  I was thrilled.  No meat market, and most people were there for a little workout....until....I noticed HIM!!!

He was probably early 40's and was bragging about his ability to lift and talking very loudly about how much he could lift and could someone spot him.  He proceeded to tell the individual all about how he was out of shape but that he could still lift more than most and how his extra weight came from trying to juggle all that was on his plate.  He loudly spoke of how much he loved flea markets and getting shampoo for a dollar and how he could get a charger for his iphone for pretty cheap and he isn't sure if it's stolen or not but at The Walmart those things are like $20.

(Can we stop for a second?  Why do people call it The Walmart?  It's Walmart.  Why add The?)

Again we are headed down the road of my blood pressure rising.  I'm sitting there being forced to listen to a conversation I have no interest in...trust me I tried to move.  So, I left.

I had done enough to sweat so I felt like I had accomplished my task and if I didn't get out of there I was going to most certainly punch someone.

Then you know what happened?  A friend called to check on me.  She had seen me walk out of class and just wanted to make sure that I hadn't hurt myself.  Turned my day around.

Lesson learned today?  Ok. I've started to type like 12 different things.  The gist is there are going to be people that are not like you in this world, that annoy the snot out of you, just remove yourself from their presence and find things that make you smile, and no it can not be you visualizing punching them in the face.  (I've tried it, just frustrates you that you can't do it.)

Have a great day!!