I came up with a New Year’s Resolution - quit letting stupid people bother me so much.

If you need help coming up with one for yourself, Hallmark can help!

That’s going to be a lofty resolution to keep…I’m wound rather tightly and take issue with people who (a) don’t take responsibility for themselves, (b) have no common sense and…well, that’s about it. The list goes on and on but these are the Dynamic Duo.

Wait…there’s one more. I take issue with people who, knowing that they’re wrong, instead of doing the right thing and just saying “My bad,” try to twist the situation around to make you look like the bad guy. I have encountered this quite often in the workplace.

Anyhoo…as I was driving home from my nail appointment a little while ago, I heard “What a Wonderful World” on the radio and felt like a heel for letting this whole This is True thing bug me so much. My main issue - this could have been taken care of three weeks ago but one man’s voluntary actions dragged it to the point where I snapped. Maybe it was intentional…maybe the goal was to get me to finally relent and say, “Fine! Keep the $36 even though I have no product to show for it!” but, I don’t relent that easily.

Stupid people are all around us. They drive around us, provide services to us, they employ us, they answer the phone when we call Cingular and they give us The Finger when we don’t run red lights. Lest I become one terribly angry snark, I suppose I need to learn how to Let It Go. That sounds so much easier than it is. I hate it when people get away with bad behavior, especially when it seems to be the norm anymore.

2004, after a rather rocky start, wound up being one of the best years of my life up to this point. I’m happy, successful in the things that matter to me and…I’ve managed to parlay my loves of both writing and projecting my opinion into something concrete that I can look at each day…this blog.

So to all you idiots who pissed me off this year…Phuket You (That one’s for you, Dell)! I’m not going to let you drag me, my mood and the UberHusband’s mood (poor guy has to listen to me vent far too much) down anymore. You hear me? NO MORE WIRE HANGERS!

I feel so much better now. Onward and upward!