an apology

As I was running around town yesterday, I heard Doug Wright talking about "sexting" on his radio talk show. As they described different aspects of what "sexting" entails, I realized something: I think I must have "sexted" everyone I sent that A&F model picture too! I am sorry!

I also realized something the other day. Without meaning to be rude, I found myself doing all the incredible rude things that we get upset with people for doing. These were all inadvertent acts of rudeness but, nevertheless, I did commit them: While TALKING ON A CELL PHONE I drove onto the freeway, using the CARPOOL LANE when I didn't have another passenger in the car. I realized too late what I was doing as I DROVE RIGHT PAST the line of cars waiting for the meter to turn green. Then I found myself walking through Pier One with a hot cocoa cup. As I was looking through some pillows I PUT THE CUP DOWN ON A DISPLAY TABLE AND THEN WALKED AWAY, forgetting about the cup. It wasn't until I was pulling away from the store that I realized that I had left my cup sitting randomly on a table in the store. At another store, I unloaded my purchases, then left without RETURNING THE CART to the cart stand (I usually always do this, I hate seeing orphan carts left in the parking lot, waiting to roll away and inflict damage on an innocent car). When I met some friends for lunch, I was running late and when I got to the restaurant I HURRIED IN THROUGH THE DOOR, right in front of someone, not realizing until it was too late that I should have allowed them through first. So what is it? Am I so distracted that all the good manners have flown out the window? Or do I just need to learn to be more understanding, more patient with others that do things that annoy me, knowing that, like me, they were just temporarily distracted?