....take a chill pill. People are taking things way too seriously these days.

Not just here on GA, but irl too. Here's a prime example of what I'm talking about::::

I was driving to school this morning and happened to be driving through a school zone. Now, the flashing sign said 25MPH, but i was going about 15. Anyway, the crossguard (a big blubbery old lady) practically steps off the curb to yell at me to slow down. Now, before I go any further, I should mention that I was the ONLY car going through at the time, there were no kids out yet (which makes me wonder what that heffer was doing there) and I make it a point to go no faster than 15 through the school zone because when I was little (in Modesto) a kid got hit by a car near our school. I don't know why I still remember it, but since i do, I go slow when I go by schools. So slow, in fact, that people behind me look pissed at me for holding them up.

So back to Matilda the Hun....

She steps off the curb and motions with her hands for me to slow down at the same time she's mouthing the words at me. Now, it could be because I didn't stop at 7-11 yet for a Redbull, but something about that got on my nerves, so I mouthed a few words back at her. Something along the lines of, Shut up Bitch, and the next thing I know, she's in my rearview mirror, in the middle of my lane, looking at me drive away with on hand on her hip as she's blowing her whistle at me.

As you've probably guessed by now, the moral isn't that she took what I said too seriously. It's that I took what she did too seriously. I've been in stick up the butt mode for the last week and a half or so, and I didn't realize it till I got home this afternoon and read a certain topic in the lounge.

So I've decided to pull the stick out, throw it in a neighbors yard and get over it. Life's not meant to be lived so miserably, and if someone starts a topic you don't like here on GA, or says something irl that you don't like, ignore it. Certainly there are more important things for people to get bent out of shape over than a topic about doggy doo.

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In other news, chapter 16 of Staking My Claim is up, and I'm almost ready to send 17 in. Chapter 18 is going to be written tomorrow and since it's the end of the school year and I feel inspired, I might pound out a chapter a day until it's finished.

Kisses

Nick