An exercise in anger management

The latest community exercise:

Last night, after getting out of work at 6 and going directly to the gym, I had to wait 30 MINUTES FOR A TREADMILL. I admire people trying to get in shape during the New Year, but can't resolutions take place on the elliptical machines? There should be a room for people who workout during October. If you workout in October, you are post-bikini and pre-Christmas, so you should get a priority spot on a treadmill...maybe? But then again I have a free membership...
Then...the Riel's (our support family) brought us over a delicious dinner and we laughed over great conversation and a couple delicious bottles of wine. After conversation wound down and the lasagne polished from our plates, the Riel's began our monthly community exercise. This month marking the upcoming half-way mark of our year in JVC, our theme was ANGER. Our task last night was to sit down and write 8 notecards, one for every member of our community, including ourselves, and note what angers us about the other people. They could be trivial (like...Lauren you leave stuff everywhere (duh)) or larger, more painful criticisms on our approach to relationships or our personality. Then we had 1-on-1 meetings with every member of the community and shared these criticisms and gripes. Just hearing this proposal made my entire body drench with sweat - which is stupid considering these were coming from people I live with who, I hope, love me in some capacity (hopefully a big one?)In a word, it really sucked. Not ever taking criticism lightly, and being one who hates to hurt people, I was the one who went to her room and sat awake in bed all night while everyone else in the house moved on and played cards downstairs.
Lesson of the Day : learn to accept self-criticism with confidence. Or...drink more wine before engaging in this activity ever again.

ps- THATCHER IS COMING ON THURSDAY! OUR EX-THATCHER-GANZA IS FRIDAY NIGHT! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AMPED!!!