I’m probably no better than I was a year ago. No, I take that back. I haven’t stood on my tiptoes as a yell at a car rental twerp just to show him I’m an amazon woman. I haven’t made anyone passout because I made them upset. I haven’t been so passive aggressive with my husband that he calls me a fuck ass.

But…in a year, I have:

1) Followed a woman in a Lexus who was behind me and honked really long because I turned (into a residential street where kids play) too slowly. Scared the woman because I was following her.

2) Was a complete bitch to our incompetant janitorial company after I had fired them.

3) Got mad at the bank because they wouldn’t give me a printed record with my balance on it after they had let me deposit cash into my account, because I didn’t have my ATM card with me. I dumped my entire purse onto the teller’s counter so I could look for the card. Didn’t find it, but left lint on the counter.

I try to give a peace sign to the nimrods who cut me off or are bad drivers. And I’ve tried to be a kinder, more patient person.

But has my character improved? Probably not much.