Crawling back into my shell

I must have got out of the wrong side of bed this morning, or something. Today is just not my day to interact with human beings. I had to venture outside twice to go to the bank and shopping. The roads were full of rude, impatient, and rule ignorant drivers and I just wanted to scream at every one of them. The shopping centre? Urghhhh! Lunchtime. School holidays. Rude children running amok. Ignorant parents ignoring them. Pushing and barging with trolleys. Banal conversations conducted in the middle of crowded aisles. Disgruntled shop keepers and checkout-chicks trying to keep up with the rush. Noisy, smelly, rude, self-centred human beings. It made me feel physically sick.

I won't be going out again today. I won't be answering the phone. I might not even reply to any more emails. I don't want my annoyed and grumpy attitude creeping in where it isn't meant.

What I might do though is go and play some violent, mindless video game to help unleash all that pent-up frustration. If that doesn't work, I'll just go to bed and try again tomorrow. Hopefully it will be a better day.