People Get Angry

Mamiya M645 1000s, originally uploaded by lucienphoto.

My wife is angry with me...she knows why, but is not ready to talk with me. My son is angry because I turned off the TV while he was doing his math homework last night (he is struggling a bit with word problems). My daughter is angry with me. She could have a couple of reasons. I caught her whispering on her cell phone long after lights out last night and told her it stays upstairs for the rest of the week. Or she could be upset that I stopped for coffee this morning and chose not to buy her a smoothie just before I drop her off at school. Little did it matter that we were just leaving her early (really early morning orthodontics appointment in which I am told she should use the rubber bands. Nor did she have any of her own recently earned money from shoveling snow and doing laundry ( 1 load). Of all the nerve. How could I deny her this smoothie.

Work sucks. I am tired. Perhaps I should get angry with myself and stop trying so hard to do everything for everyone.