Life lesson # 87,493

The saying goes something like "Life will give you the lessons that you need to learn and grow." And usually when you've gone through a trial, you look back at it and with the beauty of hindisght, you realize why you've gone through that, hopefully not repeating it too.

But the trick is to figure out the WHY so you don't have to endure it so long, right? Well, I seem to be surrounded by stupidity. So I'm trying to figure out WHY. It must be that I need to either learn 1) a silent tongue (not my first vote, but I'm willing to consider) or 2) tolerance. Or could possibly 3) being more in-yer-face be acceptable in a lesson to learn? Because I've been going with 3 lately.

When we were in Utah, we stopped at our favorite chain, good ol' Starbucks and picked up hot chocolate for everyone back at G'ma's house. Our order was for *12 drinks,* and the girl says to James at the window "Would you like a drink holder?" And blinked ever so innocently. I couldn't keep it back, I very clearly said "Uh, yeah, several please." with so much sarcasm that James actually pinched me.

Lets just say for the record, I have always been sarcastic yes, I admit. But rude, no. (ok, occassionally rude. Give me a break.) And lately my nice-people-person filter has seemed faulty. I've stuck my foot in my mouth way too many times recently, called many on their bluffs in a not so nice way, and I have had to distance myself from several people to refrain from saying what I really want to say! So if you've noticed a decline in our conversations, it could just be nothing, or it could be my way of not wanting to hurt your feelings. This has not been a fun lesson to be learning, so I apoligize in advance.