Really?

Have you seen the Really? skit on SNL with Amy Poehler and Seth Meyer?

Well, sometimes my life could be that Really? sketch.  I have learned to watch my mouth around my children because as we all know by trial and error our kids repeat everything we say.  Especially when it's a word they've never heard before.  So I have tried to be really cognizant of the words that I use around my children. 

I find myself saying "REALLY?" at the top of my lungs sometimes in the place of other not so practical or kid-friendly terms.  I seem to do this quite a bit in the car. :-)

I'm waiting for the construction zone to end and 2 lanes to turn into the 65 MPH zone and 3 lanes on I-80.  I take off into the left lane and some teenage girl slowly merges into the left lane in front of me and proceeds to go the exact same speed she was going IN the construction zone.  REALLY?

The same girl brakes twice with no one in front of her evidently because she thinks that I am following too closely and decides that it's her mission to slow me down (mind you at this point I am NOT speeding). REALLY?

I'm in the left lane passing a car in the middle lane only to be slowed down by someone with Indiana license plates (sorry my Indiana friends....it happens more often than not).....who just happens to think that the left lane is their own personal lane while they are chatting on their cell phone and they can go 10 MPH slower than the speed limit.  REALLY?  People:  To clarify the left lane is a PASSING lane. If you are not passing the person next to you, you need to slow down and get behind them.  REALLY?

If you can't talk on your cell phone and maintain your speed limit, move to another lane or stop talking on your cell phone. REALLY?

I'm heading down the road going about 45 miles an hour and a car turns from a side street right in front of me and stays in MY lane instead of going into the other lane.  AND there's no one behind me.  REALLY?

I DO use the REALLY? word/expression in other places than the car.  Like the grocery store, gas station, work, facebook.

Speaking of the gas station:  Why is it the one place that there are no clear unwritten rules/guidelines about who should get next dibs on the next available pump when the gas station is full?  The other place is the grocery store...you would THINK it would be the next person in line that would get the next available pump or line that opens?  REALLY people? REALLY?

My point in this whole little rant is that I have done a REALLY good job in watching my words around my kids.  I choose not to swear or degrade others.  Sometimes, I let a word or two slip.  For instance, this morning I was carefully navigating my way through a pretty big puddle only to have a car pull up on the side of me spraying water all over my windshield....I said "thanks a lot jerks". 

And to make my point hit home, what do I hear from the backseat:  "Yeah, jerks"....and snickers from my 4 year old.