There were a few points today where I found myself frustrated by various things. I was frustrated when Laura wanted me to check people off sometimes. The frustration isn’t having to check people off, it’s that she wishes I would carry some of that burden even when she is around as if I should be relieving her burden more than I am already rather than the reverse—that I’m carrying the bulk of the load and she should be looking for ways to reduce my burden.
The next point when I was frustrated was when Enoch came at me with attitude saying that I needed to be more patient with him when he kept playing on the computer for minutes after being told his turn was over. It’s always frustrating to be lectured by an ungrateful child who didn’t even do the bare minimum of what would be expected at his age. He get 2 hours of media for doing practically nothing beyond asking Mom and that’s even with the context that he has attended about 4 school classes in the last month. His completely unsupportable arrogance is super annoying. If he were even remotely rational he’d be keeping his head low at all times trying not to attract attention, not seeking it every opportunity to bite the hand that feeds him. Extra frustration on that one comes from the fact that Laura not only gives Enoch rewards he blatantly doesn’t deserve but she doesn’t monitor to ensure that he only takes the unarmed rewards that she agreed to. He has no incentive to comply because he knows he can just take most of the time.
The last frustration was finding that the dishwasher won’t wash now. I have to figure out what is stopping it’s cycle every time I start it.
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