Speaking Another Language

I feel like I am speaking another language today. Everything, no matter if I put it in layman's terms, still does not get understood. I will say the same thing a number of different ways and I am just getting blank stares or the person repeating the same thing that I was originally questioning. And it's not crazy questions... some are rather basic. Such as- Where is the curtain located? We are not sure what way we are facing. Are we facing the entrance of the room or are we facing the seating? The answer I receive is- the curtain is located at the back of the booth and is 8 ft high. See what i mean!

It may just be that time of the month, where i lose all patience with explaining things a hundred times. I am learning to just drop it and let it be. Just leave it alone as people are not getting it and I don't have the patience to explain it either... But that part of me inside is annoyed and frustrated. Luckily I have Tae Kwon Do tonight, so I have an outlet for my frustrations.

Part of it is also working with guys. I am the only girl in the office. There is another girl, finally, downstairs, but she is far removed from our conversations here. Every Wednesday we have our morning meeting, where my boss buys bagels and cream cheese. Every Wednesday, the same thing... So i comment how guys have no problems with having the same thing over and over, while women get bored with it and need change. My boss agreed that men are rather complacent when it comes to food. But my other coworker disagreed. I argued with him that he has had the same exact breakfast every single day since he has worked here and has no right to argue. He then argues that the reason he has the same meal is because of cost and protein for working out. But i followed it up by the fact that he has had the SAME exact thing, meaning it hasn't changed. He still argues it's cause of cost and nutritional value. He has a hard boiled egg (just whites), a chunk of orange cheddar cheese and a couple slices of ham. Every day. I have seen this same breakfast. I said that there are other breakfast options out there, being cereal, cottage cheese (which has a ridiculous amount of protein in it), we have a stove top where he could make an egg white omelet (which is what i used to do at an old job), fruit, etc. He shot each one down which different reasons, but in the end, he is having the same EXACT meal! So I dropped the argument, as it was going nowhere and I had proven my point.

So either I am speaking in another language or my patience has completely run dry...

* Thanks to Joanne Parkin for the illustration.. looking forever for one!