I could really use a hand
Warning: This is a rant.
I've been so IRRITATED lately, and I really wish I could break out of it, but it just seems like things have been annoyingly frustrating lately.
Ex. 1: Parking at Work
I've been able to find street parking for the past few months with relatively few problems. Every once in awhile I can't find a spot and have to circle around the block a couple times before one opens up, but this week has been HELL. Yesterday I circled for twenty minutes, and during that time THREE other people got spots before I could get to the cars that were pulling out. So I finally parked in a sketchy spot (sketchy meaning half my car was in an okay parking zone and the other half wasn't). I've done it before in a pinch, so I wasn't super concerned, but I was a little nervous about it. Anyway, long story short, I got a $50 parking ticket for it. And then today the same thing happened. I circled the block for twenty-five minutes before giving up and not wanting to risk another parking ticket, I opted for the $8 per day garage next to my building. Bah!
Ex. 2: Parking at Home
Yesterday after I went on a last minute shopping trip, scouring Tysons for a bathing suit that fits me (which I never did find) and when I came home, there was a bunch of people walking towards a car in a prime parking spot in my apartment building's parking lot. So I sat and I waited for them to move, which took forever because apparently the guy who owned the car decided it was the perfect time to walk around his car inspecting it and pushing things around and moving things and getting into it and out of it again, and FINALLY he moved, and as soon as he did, another car who had just pulled into the parking lot swooped in and took it, even though he SAW me sitting there waiting for the first car to move. Again, very irritating.
Ex. 3: Parking at Filene's Basement
A Filene's Basement opened up near me recently, and I went there looking for bathing suits yesterday, but I ended up going there after the mall, so it was closing down, and I couldn't find anything suitable (pun! ha!) anyway, so I bought a pair of earrings instead and left. Unfortunately, before I left, I forgot to get my parking ticket validated and when I tried to leave, the parking attendant tried to charge me $3 even though 1. the parking garage was covered in signs that said "2 HOURS FREE PARKING FOR FILENE'S BASEMENT" with NO fine print that said "with validation" or anything and 2. I had been there for 15 minutes. So I got really angry, and she told me I had to back up and get it validated, so I went back, parked again, went back into the store, got it validated, and then left (for free!). ARGH!
Okay, so maybe all my irritation has to do with parking, and that's a pretty common irritant in this city, but man. It's really doing a number on my overall level of happiness. I think this whole situation is compounded by the fact that I'm leaving for vacation ALL WEEK NEXT WEEK (THANK GOD) but I have SO MUCH to do before I leave. The entire house needs to be cleaned from top to bottom because my book club is meeting there the day I get back, and I need to pack. Plus my Wednesday and my Thursday are shot this week (meditation and company picnic/babysitting), so that means everything has to be finished TODAY.
My head is going to explode.
I've been so IRRITATED lately, and I really wish I could break out of it, but it just seems like things have been annoyingly frustrating lately.
Ex. 1: Parking at Work
I've been able to find street parking for the past few months with relatively few problems. Every once in awhile I can't find a spot and have to circle around the block a couple times before one opens up, but this week has been HELL. Yesterday I circled for twenty minutes, and during that time THREE other people got spots before I could get to the cars that were pulling out. So I finally parked in a sketchy spot (sketchy meaning half my car was in an okay parking zone and the other half wasn't). I've done it before in a pinch, so I wasn't super concerned, but I was a little nervous about it. Anyway, long story short, I got a $50 parking ticket for it. And then today the same thing happened. I circled the block for twenty-five minutes before giving up and not wanting to risk another parking ticket, I opted for the $8 per day garage next to my building. Bah!
Ex. 2: Parking at Home
Yesterday after I went on a last minute shopping trip, scouring Tysons for a bathing suit that fits me (which I never did find) and when I came home, there was a bunch of people walking towards a car in a prime parking spot in my apartment building's parking lot. So I sat and I waited for them to move, which took forever because apparently the guy who owned the car decided it was the perfect time to walk around his car inspecting it and pushing things around and moving things and getting into it and out of it again, and FINALLY he moved, and as soon as he did, another car who had just pulled into the parking lot swooped in and took it, even though he SAW me sitting there waiting for the first car to move. Again, very irritating.
Ex. 3: Parking at Filene's Basement
A Filene's Basement opened up near me recently, and I went there looking for bathing suits yesterday, but I ended up going there after the mall, so it was closing down, and I couldn't find anything suitable (pun! ha!) anyway, so I bought a pair of earrings instead and left. Unfortunately, before I left, I forgot to get my parking ticket validated and when I tried to leave, the parking attendant tried to charge me $3 even though 1. the parking garage was covered in signs that said "2 HOURS FREE PARKING FOR FILENE'S BASEMENT" with NO fine print that said "with validation" or anything and 2. I had been there for 15 minutes. So I got really angry, and she told me I had to back up and get it validated, so I went back, parked again, went back into the store, got it validated, and then left (for free!). ARGH!
Okay, so maybe all my irritation has to do with parking, and that's a pretty common irritant in this city, but man. It's really doing a number on my overall level of happiness. I think this whole situation is compounded by the fact that I'm leaving for vacation ALL WEEK NEXT WEEK (THANK GOD) but I have SO MUCH to do before I leave. The entire house needs to be cleaned from top to bottom because my book club is meeting there the day I get back, and I need to pack. Plus my Wednesday and my Thursday are shot this week (meditation and company picnic/babysitting), so that means everything has to be finished TODAY.
My head is going to explode.