i know!!!!!!!!!

i just hate it when people tell me something that i already know! oh, it really drives me buggy. i can spend 30 minutes planning out my entire day: take the girls to school, get to jazzercise by 9:15AM, stop at the post office on the way home, and don't forget that we need dental floss and milk from the grocery store. my husband calls me from work, "do you have a piece of paper? i have a couple of things that need to be done today. don't forget to mail those bills at the post office, and i need some more dental floss." it just irks me. i know!!!!!!!!

i'm sitting at work. someone happens to be chatting with me as i casually enter some information into a database. there are many ways to tab and toggle through the program. the way that i am navigating the program works just fine. my co-worker happens to observe what i am doing and offers another way to work through the database, "you know, if you click on that arrow you don't have to tab twice." i know!!!!!!!! i know!!!!!!!! i like to do it my own way, thank you kindly.

my mom calls to tell me that my sister-in-law is pregnant. my sister calls to tell me that my sister-in-law is pregnant. my brother calls to tell me that his wife (my sister-in-law) is pregnant. i know!!!!!!!! i know!!!!!!!!! i'm so happy to hear it for the umpteenth time!

people bug me. i hate to be told things that i already know. i am certain that there is a psychological explanation for my predicament. i wouldn't be surprised if there is a psychological diagnosis for my predicament...perhaps redundant intolerance syndrome (RIS), or maybe it's a serious problem with pride that is deeply rooted in my heart. maybe i just can't stand the fact that someone would presume that they had information that i did not yet have. maybe i am filled with pride. if that's the case, as it probably is, i don't like that about myself. i wish i could figure out a way to fix myself.