Yesterday I was not having a good day. Bad luck doesn't even begin to describe it. Wallowing in my own frustration and doing very little for several hours didn't help the situation, which I probably see as disproportionately trying. Unfortunately, I had just demolished the remainder of the chocolate in the house. Whilst there is a milk bar located five minutes away for times when I am in dire need of chocolate, I need to manage to fit into my formal dress on Friday. Excessive chocolate consumption may present me with some difficulties as I attempt to squeeze into the cutest dress ever and then balance on the cutest shoes ever. So, chocolate was out of the question (although I eventually justified my need for chocolate flavoured ice-cream).
Before I managed to talk myself into consuming a large bowl of chocolate-flavoured creamy goodness, I attempted to relax in another way. Maths. And it worked! I only resorted to ice-cream once I ran out of easy equations to solve.
Awhile ago I was reading a magazine article about a smart kid who made the solutions supplement for the year twelve maths book. He takes nerdiness to dizzying new heights, being a chess champion and currently completing university level subjects despite being in year twelve. He claimed to find tackling maths problems relaxing and a great way to let off steam (he is probably a very frustrated individual because his nerdiness may obscure his abilities to attain any sort of interactions with girls that aren't his mother, or girls like me with nerd fetishes). When I read that article I laughed and thought that it made no sense, and got very excited that he was wrong about something.
But actually he was right. It is relaxing to do maths problems when you're not failing (which can be a problem from time to time). So, now I am off to go to maths class and relax in preparation for the stressfulness of having to interact socially at lunchtime.
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