I'm annoyed

I have spent most of this day annoyed.

The day started off fine, I was in a good mood until I tried to get Kat to take her allergy medicine. She hates taking medicine and was already whining about how she didn't feel good, how her tummy was upset, how she was dizzy.

All from sinus drainage from her allergies. Solution? Take the medicine, and take it daily, not just when you are feeling awful. Dad finally got the medicine down her.

Around 10 a.m., I got a phone call from the school. Kat was at the nurses office complaining of...Upset tummy, stuffy nose, and she was dizzy. Well, heck. Do I be the BAD mother and tell the Nurse to just send her little butt back to class? Do I tell the Nurse that it's just allergies? Or do I give in, go pick up my not really sick child? But, then, what will happen when she throws up from all the mucus in her stomach? Then, I will be a BAD mother for real.

So, being very much annoyed, I go to the school and pick up my allergy child. But, we don't go home, because I have two presentations to give at work and a meeting to chair in the afternoon. We go back to work, where she can lay down in the back room and watch TV. So I'm annoyed at my daughter, and annoyed that I can't take her home and annoyed that I'm annoyed.

I gave a GOOD presentation to a class consisting of 10 souls who evidently know more about libraries and research skills than I do, because they were bored out of their minds and rather rude at the same time. I'm used to it, but today...I'm not in the mood--I'm annoyed.

Lunch times arrives, we run to Walmart to pick up more and stronger allergy meds--some with pseudo...stuff (the real stuff, I'm not going to spell it out, cause I can't without looking it up.) Now, remember, we good, law abiding citizens can't just buy it over the counter any more. Nope, we have to sign our lives away and swear that we aren't making Meth. Of course, this is punishment for the majority of the population, cause those meth heads have figured out how to get their supplies and don't sign 'nuthin.' This really annoys me.

So, the law abiding citizen that I am, I only sigh once as I pull out my drivers license to hand over and happen to look at its expiration date...January 2006. Hum. This isn't good as I think to myself, it's now September 2006. Holy crap. I've been driving illegally for 9 months. I've been teaching my 14/15 year old how to drive when I've been doing it illegally for 9 months. I've been lecturing same child on being legal, and doing things right, when I've been breaking the law FOR. NINE. MONTHS. Now I'm annoyed with myself.

Walmart at least didn't care, and gave me the medicine anyway. I can have the medicine legally, I just can't drive legally...

I'm driving anyway, even though I now expect every Cop in Colby to come swooping down on me, lights on, sirens blaring.

Off we go to get some lunch, and then home. Except, wait! The driver's license office is open today. Off we go to get my license situation fixed. Only. Crap. It is 12:50. They are closed until 1:00. Do I wait with a child who is now feverish and just a wee bit crabby? Or do I make her wait with me to settle this dilemma. We wait. Now Kat's annoyed. And because she whines, I'm annoyed.

While waiting for the doors to open, I question myself. Did I not see the renewal notice in the mail? Gosh, did it not come? Is it just like that credit card company that I've spent a good part of the week arguing with? (They say we are delinquent with payment. I have been watching for statements in the mail, they haven't come. I can't pay online because we are "delinquent", but I can't get anybody to tell me what's going on and why I'm not getting statements in the mail, or even what I do need to send to whom a to where.) Crap. Maybe the notice came and I didn't see it. Maybe the credit card company really does send statements and I just throw them away too. Am I that dumb? Could this be all MY fault?

1:00, the door opens. Thankfully we are the only ones here, so no one else will know of my humiliation. The lady takes my old license and the little piece of paper which I filled out 4 years ago with our current/new address on it. But, when she pulled me up online, the old address was listed. IT WASN'T MY FAULT! Someone never entered the updated information into the computer! I'm not a dork. I'm not irresponsible. What a relief. I took the test, got my picture taken, and off we went. I am once again legal to drive.

We went home. My slightly feverish child took more medicine, and went to bed to rest. I got on the phone to contact that *()#$&*^%$ credit card company. Was on hold for 20 minutes. I hung up. I'm annoyed. I've had enough stress today. Think I'll deal with them tomorrow...