We\u2019ve all been \u201changry\u201d before \u2013 so hungry we are angry \u2013 and whether we knew the term or not we have all been \u201dslangry\u201d before too \u2013 so sleepy we are angry. But when you are hangry AND slangry at the same time\u2026well, let\u2019s just say it\u2019s not a very good combination\u2026.<\/p>\n
The last few days while I was in LA working on a project, I wasn\u2019t able to get much sleep. Then I had to wake up really early this morning to catch a flight back home to Utah. I was running late to the airport in LA so I didn\u2019t stop and eat breakfast. I flew home to find that my husband, who was supposed to be picking me up from the airport, was stuck on the freeway and couldn\u2019t get to the airport because a tanker truck hauling chemicals had crashed on the freeway and the freeway was completely shut down while they waited for hazmat to come and clean it up. To make matters worse, the spill was a chemical used for blasting in mining so when it began thundering and lightening outside the hazmat workers had to pull back from the cleanup to wait for it to stop.<\/p>\n
I was running late already so I in a major hurry to get to Steve Case\u2019s \u2018Rise of The Rest\u2019 Event that I had promised to be a judge for the business competition event where Steve (co-founder and former CEO of AOL) would give a company a $100,000 investment. I decided I had better hail a taxi rather than waiting for my husband to get out of the traffic jam. What I didn\u2019t realize at the time I climbed into the taxi was that the freeway was going to be closed going that direction well! Grrrr\u2026that meant winding around all kinds of back roads that were filled with cars trying to do the same thing\u2026I was SO tired\u2026.oh, and did I mention that I still hadn\u2019t eaten anything?<\/p>\n
I made it to the event without a minute to spare and thankfully I was able to fulfill my promise to judge the competition. I did my best to fake being wide awake but inside I was crashing hard. The second I finished I realized that I was late to the next event my family was committed to attend so I rushed out of there and drove to the next event. It was getting dark out and boy was I dragging…oh, and did I mention I still hadn\u2019t eaten anything, cause yeah\u2026I hadn\u2019t\u2026I was officially hangry and slangry\u2026<\/p>\n
It was a miracle that I was able to pull it together enough to get through the next event without completely melting down\u2026the fact they had food served cured my hangry-ness and gave me just enough energy to get myself home and write this blog, but this slangry girl is worn out and it is in everyone\u2019s best interest if I turn off the computer now, avoid all interaction,\u00a0and get myself to\u00a0bed!!! Nobody enjoy a slangry person \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
When any of us become\u00a0slangry it\u00a0is really\u00a0hard to make the best choices, its hard to have patience with others, its hard to think straight, and its hard to be our best selves. That’s why we should take steps to ensure we\u00a0don’t become\u00a0hangry and we don’t become\u00a0slangry\u2026and for heaven sake (and the sake of everyone else around you) don\u2019t\u00a0become BOTH at the same time!<\/p>\n
Have a great one!<\/p>\n
~Amy Rees Anderson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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