holiday season

it's not even Thanksgiving and already the mall has been set up with garland and the santa chair, home depot has blocked off half the parking lot for xmas trees (more to be discussed later), and holday music was playing over the speakers in joann's. i can appreciate the holidays as much as the next, it's no secret i'm looking forward to all the food and spending time with the siblings and the 24hr marathon of a christmas story. but the fact that along with the holiday good spirits also comes (more) aggressive drivers and frazzled homemakers navigating the stores and parking lots, one can only wonder if all the joyous tidings of the season are just a farce. case in point, i go to home depot yesterday  to pick of a new toilet tank lever (as a side note, my "landlord" has been saying for the last month he would fix it. i finally caved and did it myself), and unfortunately the home depot parking lot is shared with in-n-out burger and was partially closed off for the incoming xmas trees. so as i enter the lot, i slow for a speed bump and some guys completely blows his stop sign, pulls out in front of me, and has the nerve to flip me the bird! as if its my fault that there was no stop sign for me to stop at and wait for him to clear his. wwwhhhaattt? not even a few moments later as i'm pulling in to a parking spot, some lady pulls into it from the other side and was trying to use it to get to my parking row. traffic was all jammed so getting out was nearly impossible. again, she looks at me as if its my fault for getting in her way and preventing her from leaving the lot. seriously? later, at barnes and noble, the rows are single direction, and what would guess, some starts coming at me (from the wrong direction!). so i honk, and instead of stopping, she keeps coming! and swings into the parking spot that i was pulling up to! again, she looks at me as if i'm the crazy one. argh! i don't understand some people. common courtesy seems like such a loss at times. quite sad actually.

moving on, things have been rather dull. work. work out (try to at least). boys have taken a back burner. with the latest news that i've accepted a new job and will be moving away in a few months, its hard to want to build a new relationship here. not that i should let that be an excuse. if prince charming shows up in the next few months i wouldn't be opposed. but the latest guy i have been seeing, though nice, isn't quite who i saw myself living happily ever after with. besides, he hasn't called me in like a week. his loss, not mine, so i'm not too heartbroken.