And again with the bad drivers...

I always have so much more to add to this list of stupid driving mistakes when I come home from school or return to school. It's strange how the longer I'm on the road, the more of these instances that pop up. Hmmm. Drivers on I-70 both East and West tend to lose control of their brains for the time they are on this particular stretch of highway. I wonder if there are some toxic fumes emanating from the pavement. Someone should study this.
Anyway, I suppose I'll get to the point. Maybe it's just because I know the road so well, or maybe it's because I actually read the signs as I pass them. Regardless, it is quite clear that others do not. If the giant yellow sign says, "Left lane ends 1 Mile". Guess what? The lane ENDS in a mile. Trying to pass every single car you possibly can in the next mile is probably the stupidest thing you can do. Why? Because what tends to happen here is people drive all the way to the point where there's arrows painted on the pavement with the word MERGE painted in front of them (ignoring all 6 previous signs, mind you) and then there's 15 cars jam packed in that area with no room to let the poor little merger over. What do these poor little illiterate mergers do? Flip on a turn signal (occasionally) and swerve there car over the very second they have the slightest bit of space to do so. Why is this bad you ask? (Hopefully, you're not actually asking that.) Because, you see, the drivers in that lane that the mergers so desperately want in can't read the mergers' minds. No matter how helpful that would be. And vice-versa. The mergers don't know what the cars in that lane are planning to do. What if they've decided to speed up? The merger gets rear-ended, completely deservedly, and the traffic is backed up for miles because of one idiot. Please, don't be that idiot.
And then, also avoid being the idiot who drives 35 on the entrance ramp. You're going to kill someone. People on the highway, 90 percent of them anyway, drive 65mph or over. So, doing half of that, you're going to get yourself killed. And for the love of anything and everything, do NOT stop a the end of an entrance ramp. You will never get out. and neither will anyone behind you. And they will be cussing and honking and throwing their arms around in their vehicles. This is not how you merge onto the highway. I know it's scary but if you're too afraid to drive then DON'T.

Immaturity won't get you anywhere with me

I understand the notion to throw a mini fit like a thirteen-year-old with an attitude, whose mommy just told them they can't go to the Valentine's Day Dance when things aren't going your way. Everybody grows up that way. It's like a first instinct. Here's the deal: If you're over 16, out grow it. It's not cute. Especially not once you've hit adulthood. Let it go.
Don't pout when things don't go like you want them to. And don't whine about it.  It makes people lose respect for you. Life's not fair. It's never been fair and it probably never will be. You will always have to do things you don't want to do. You will always have to deal with people not doing what they're supposed to and then you'll have to pick up the slack. It sucks but, that's life.
Acting like a teenager will only make me scoff at you and walk away. I'm sorry you don't want to wash the dishes AGAIN but, had you not said you refuse to them because it's ALWAYS you, maybe I would have done them. Not now. Here's a quick fix for this: say something along the lines of "Hey, I feel like I've been doing the dishes a lot. Would you mind doing them tonight?" Guarantee you will get a better response this way. At least you're addressing me like I'm a human being.

Tips for boyfriends

Okay guys, listen up! We women can only tolerate so much of your crap. I mean after all we are "the weaker sex". Kidding of course. But seriously, if you are in a relationship and you want to stay that way, listen to the following "Dos and Don't"s. And single fellas, keep these in mind for future reference. And there's definitely more than these; these are just the ones my boyfriend's guilty of at the moment.

1) If your girl says she needs to talk, she probably needs to talk. Blowing her off would probably not be in your best interest. If she's asking to talk there is probably something going on and she needs your help. Acting like there is anything in the world more important than what she has to say is probably also NOT in your best interest. I don't care if she needs to talk about finding the right shade of pink nail polish for her miniature poodle or if she's just having a terrible day and needs to talk. You do not act like you have better things to do.

2) Learn the true definition of the word "Soon" before ever sending you girlfriend a "I'll be there soon" text. Guaranteed her definition and yours are completely different. For her soon basically means you have to tie your shoes, grab your jacket and you're out the door on your way to her house. Apparently for most guys it means you still need to shower, check your email, play some Call of Duty, make dinner and shop for your entire family for Christmas before they're ready to head over. Girls will get irritated when they have to wait on you for extended amounts of time.

3) Finally, I do not care if she is being the biggest B*tch you've ever come into contact with, you do not tell her that she is being one. Not ever. I can guarantee you've been a jerk to her countless times when she has just shrugged it off as "Oh, he's probably just having a bad day. Maybe he'll tell me what's going on later". Guess what? We have our own bad days and just like you, we take them out on the people we're closest to because they have to love us anyway. So if she's being a bit snippy, ask her what's wrong. and when she decides to tell you: refer to number 1.

Things I'm also guilty of but are still annoying

I'm not innocent on all counts. I have a very low stupidity tolerance but I have a very high capacity for being stupid. So, just to prove I'm not completely ignorant of the things that I do that probably annoy the hell of other people I figured I'd write about a few of them.

I am a terrible tailgater. I get a little too impatient when i'm behind someone who wants to go slower than I want to go. I HATE when people do this to me. I sit there in my car and talk to the car that is up my bumper saying things like, "The closer you get the slower I go". So, I know it's annoying! And I apologize to those I've done this to. I'm working on breaking the habit.

I get snippy with people who don't deserve it. I know EVERYONE does this. There's not a person in the world who's never taken a bad day out on someone who had nothing to do with it. But, as someone who is constantly being the one who things are taken out on, I know how bad it is. It sucks to sit there and think, "okay? So what exactly did I do again?" But especially on early mornings, busy/ stressful days, or days when I haven't eaten I can get quite irritable and bite the head off of anyone who decides to speak to me.

And finally, I am sometimes a little too rude. Don't get me wrong, I am one of the most polite people you'd ever want to meet. Usually, I'm too nice for my own good. But, if I've dealt with too many rude people in a day, I tend to turn into one of them. For example, if I've spent a few hours at a concert getting pushed into complete strangers by people who weren't there early enough to get closer to the stage and then decide to push their way through the crowd, I will refuse to move out of their way until I hear and "Excuse me". And if my friend and I decide to move through the crowd, I will stop saying my own "excuse me"s. Why bother when no one else does? Same with the whole holding the door for people situation. If no one holds it for me all day long, I stop trying to hold it for other people. I know it's not the fault of the people I end up being rude to. It's just a little difficult to keep your manners about you sometimes,