remain calm

It’s amazing how remaining calm rubs off on someone who’s really mad. just used it a few minutes ago. The person realized I was still calm and settled down a whole lot. I was able to make the peace I wanted.

I don’t cope well when I don’t know where I stand…....with anything. I can cope with most situations as long as I know what’s going on. Stuffing around drives me insane.

Darn It!

....getting back to basics includes remaining CALM. Today was not a good day. And if I had remembered this, it may have been better.

Okay, this is my first day. I just found this place and it’s pretty interesting. I hope I can gain wisdom along the way!

come to find out he was supposedly sleeping over a friends’ house, when at 1 AM the police were called because a group of kids were disturbing the peace and shooting off firecrackers in a very quiet neighborhood in town…..and he didn’t tell me about it. I calmly said my peace. I didn’t overreact. And I dropped it.

Edited later: Ok, I probably shouldn’t call him an idiot. He can’t help it. His pre-frontal lobe isn’t fully developed yet…...

....just as I was about to fall into an old trap. I almost went off on a tirade with my daughter about irresponsibility when I realized that she just made a mistake and she felt badly enough about it without me adding a lecture to the whole mess…..it was better for me to just shut my mouth. Which I did. For once. Yay.

I wrote an entry and deleted it. Let’s just say I argued for my right and I kept myself from feeling overwhelmed by sticking to the facts. One part of having thick skin is not letting myself feel overwhelmed by conflict.

Conflict is going to happen.

.....had a big blow out with my hubby today. He can be so insensitive sometimes…...and I reacted in such a mature way (NOT) He drops this bomb on me today about how bad our money situation is going to get in the next couple of months due to an abrupt slow down in his contract…..TOTALLY surprised me and stressed me out then yells at me for overreacting. WHAT????

Luckily I’m armed with my knew-found knowledge of my Get Out of My Life book on teen behavior. Its helped ALOT!!!