SNAP!

So the other day I snapped. 

And I mean I really lost it.

Yes, I'm talking complete erratic, bizzare, uncharacteristic behavior for me.

And it happened while I was on the phone...to a telemarketer...that was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Background circumstances: Lindsay just broke her arm on Wednesday.  We spent over 8 hours in emergency with the possibility of going to the Stollery yet.  We got home at midnight and promptly went to bed.  I did not sleep one wink that whole night.  I was in some pain and it did not subside all night.  I got out of bed at 6 and carried on with the day.  Meanwhile I was waiting for a call from the Stollery.  I also zipped out to see my doctor for an appointment.  By 6pm I was completely exhausted.  That's when the phone rang.

RING RING!!!

Hello?  Hello??  HELLO???

Yez, iz dis Uneeta Godon?

sigh... Yes, it is.....

crackle, crackle, background noise, incoherency...ve have recieved .....your computer........warning message.....virus.....static, other voices...

REALLY???  THAT'S SUCH A LOAD OF CRAP.  YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A SCAM.


DON'T CALL HERE AGAIN! (Here's where I was literally
 screaming into the phone...in front of my husband and kids. Oh I feel so proud).

But ma'am... we received these messages...

BE QUIET AND LISTEN!  REPEAT AFTER ME... 'I WILL NOT PHONE THESE PEOPLE AGAIN.

Ma'am?

SAY IT!  REPEAT AFTER ME...'I WILL NOT PHONE THESE PEOPLE AGAIN.'  I CAN'T HEAR YOU.  SAY IT!  SAY IT!!!

ma'am I don't understand...

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND????  EVEN A KID COULD UNDERSTAND SUCH A SIMPLE INSTRUCTION!  SAY IT!  SAY IT!!!

And here is where I hung up.  Not 10 seconds later the phone rang again.

Hello?

Hello, iz diz Uneeta Godon again?

You can't even listen to instructions.  JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!  LEAVE ME ALONE!  LEAVE ME ALONE!  JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!  I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO YOU.  I WILL PHONE THE POLICE AND THEY CAN THROW IN JAIL BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST A DIRTY SCAM.  LEAVE ME ALONE, JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!

At this point my husband took the phone from me and ended the conversation.  I put the 3 youngest kids to bed and promptly fell asleep on the couch by 6:50.  Definately not my finest hour.