I will preface this entry by saying there is a little edge to it simply because I am writing this right after it happened and am still a little hot. but having said that…

I had a great quite time this morning and even made breakfast for myself…I have a great hour or so of being extremely productive at work…I was even cheerful to my boss when he came in this morning…But quickly enough he found something to grip about and went off…Now when I say went off I don’t mean like a responsible adult would…No I mean more like a 5 year old child would with a mouth that would shame a sailor. Typically, I will admit, I will stand up to him and not give him an inch…But as this just infuriates him more, I decided to try a different tack…I simply swallowed my pride and did my best to resolve the problem he was having and figure out how to keep it from happening in the future. Basically I was going with a heaping coals defense… (The problem was that he had been out of the office for a couple of days and when he was going through his mail and found some bills that need to be paid…He decided to lash out at me about where I placed the mail on his desk, even though he has had no problem with it for the last 9 months)

The point is, I am trying to learn to keep my mouth shut and let not argue. That goes against my basic instinct but maybe it is time that I start learning from these little situations instead of trying to out argue someone…