Tired
26/09/2008
While I was umming and awwing about when to head back to Singapore, the F1 whizzes right past me. Argh. I’m a little annoyed I forgot about it. I’m not a big fan, but it would’ve been fun to be there for the buzz. Anyway. I guess it’ll be next year then.
Am a little tired today. Tried to sleep early, but was woken up by a very inconsiderate SMS at 4am my time. About getting pecans and pistachios, from my Aunt who was visiting a couple of weeks ago. I don’t know about you, but 4am finds me neither amused nor willing to remember to buy f**king X pounds of nuts to bring back to Singapore. Last I heard, there isn’t a global nut shortage and I’m not about to buy something here and lug it 25,000 miles home simply because it’s cheaper. It’s not cheaper, because it doesn’t factor in my time and f**king inconvenience. Ditto for the shopping list she wrote on a little post-it stuck to the monitor by my dinner table. So please folks, don’t make your friends or family lug stuff for you across the world because it’s $X cheaper. It’s NOT. If you can find it where you are, don’t be effin’ inconsiderate.
4am and a house full of tissues does not make me any more willing to acquiesce to what I find ridiculous and unreasonable requests. Especially after, in my view, I’ve been more than hospitable.
I don’t know how I got from lodging provider to shopping and shipping assistant and immigrations knowledge base. What am I? The internet??
Its especially annoying because I have to wake up at about 6 in the morning to get ready to drop KF off at the Caltrain station. And I’m trying not to nap in the day so I’ve a full day to blog, read, knit, experiment with the plants, cook, clean and run around to do stuff that I enjoy doing before I have to go and pick KF right up again. It’s a good thing it’s Friday, at least we’ll be sleeping in tomorrow.
Regardless, even if I were sitting at home doing absolutely nothing. The request is highly predatory, in-effin-considerate, and out of line. It shows exactly how little regard the requestor has of me, or my time and trouble. And before you go oh-oh-ing with excuses, let me just reiterate, that the SMS and the post-it are more than just the “if-it’s-not-too-much-trouble” kind, it’s laden with expectation. And besides, if you really care about someone, why would you put them in the position where they might have to inconvenience themselves or potentially disappoint you?
Is it really so hard for people to be self-aware?
Anyway, enough about that. Back to doing something I enjoy.
