Stress Blog #2

It was a Sunday night and I was extremely frazzled and stessed. I had missed my English class on Monday when we learned how to make a blog on the new blog site we were using. I had attempted making a blog site which turned out to be a complete failure because I didn’t have any help.I was worried about what I was going to write for the assignment and how I was going to post it before class the next day.

My mom had just come home from a trip to Pennsylvania so I was trying to be nice to her because I hadn’t seen her for a couple of days. We were also celebrating her birthday that night and I had made a cake for her. Her favorite kind- carrot cake with cream cheese icing.

So I was at the computer trying to fix the blog site so that I could have enough time to brainstorm about what I was going to write for the assignment. I was clicking on random links off of the home page. I couldn’t figure out how to change my url. And I still had to worry about making my teacher an administrator of my page. So as time went by I got more and more desperate. I decided I would just start over and make a new blog. But the site wouldn’t let me make a new account because I already had one account for my email address. Then I found a way to delete the site that I had created. Then I pressed the delete this site button. Then a page came up that said an error occurred and the page was not deleted. So I was really angry with the site for being so confusing and complicated.

Then my mom came by and told me that the cake that I made was eaten by the dog. I was so mad at the stupid dog that was selfish enough to eat half of the cake. Even my mom was mad at the dog and she usually sided with him in arguments. So I was upset that the birthday present for my mom was eaten. And suddenly I had a headache which got worse when my mom thought she could help figure out the blog site. And my mom has never been known for her technological skills.

There she was telling me what to do and I knew she wasn’t helping because I had tried everything. Some tension rose and I really didn’t want to be mean to my mom on her birthday so I told her I could figure it out on my own. When she left I was in a worse place than before. The cake was eaten, the blog site still wasn’t working, and I had a feeling that my mom was annoyed with me for being so obstinate. Could the night get any worse? All these situations lead to me being very angry and sad. It seems so silly, getting worked up about the stubborn website and my helpful mom and my stupid selfish dog. But caught up in the moment, it was so frustrating.

After I calmed down, I figured out how to make a new site, just using the same account. Later that night, my family enjoyed the other half of the cake I made. And my dog also paid for his selfishness when he got sick. My mom was very happy with her presents and we had a great time as a family. And it was quite reassuring when I discovered that this was the perfect topic for my English paper.