At least I hope I’m not this stupid… I’ve got a lot going on right now. I have several big cases at work, I am wrangling with the IRS over something that I filed in 2001, I’m fighting with one of my sisters… I have been very, very stressed out lately. I was on the way into the office yesterday to catch up on a few things, and I stopped at the gas station where I always stop to get gas. I always use the “pay at the pump” thing. I have used this one a bazillion times. I got out of my car and put my Chevron card in the slot.
Alas, it was the wrong slot. I shoved it up the slit that spits out the receipts :eek: . I tried to get it out, but I finally had to go into the store and get someone, and she had to take the machine apart so I could retrieve my card.
Now I'll have to start going to a different Chevron station.
Take a deep breath and if possible, relax for one day. Seriously forget about everything for one day and you will feel fresh the next, ready to deal with your problems.
Think of it like driving from New York to Florida, you won’t make it unless you stop and rest. Keep going with stress and you will burn out.
I agree on the stress makes you stupid thing. I won’t list everything I’m stressed about but I will tell you one of the stupid things. I was taking a shower and it was too hot, so I turned the faucet a little more to the left and it got hotter. I thought that was odd so I turned it even more to the left and it got scalding. I stepped out of the water and thought, “what the hell is wrong with this, why is it getting so hot?”. Then I realized I was turning it to hot, not cold.
In my defense the water’s usually too cold and I usually end up trying to make it warmer, not cooler, so I think my brain was just stuck in that pattern of turning it to the left.