THE BIGGEST DRAMA QUEEN IN THE HISTORY OF DRAMA QUEENS AND THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD!!!

ahh superlatives... gotta love 'em... gotta use 'em!

something i've noticed about myself as of late... not that i haven't always been this way.. i have... but i am now just REALLY and TRULY seeing that i have this way with words... and it is the silliest thing ON THIS ENTIRE PLANET!

i use HUGE, BIG, GINORMOUS words in HUGE, BIG, GINORMOUS ways to explain myself about the smallest things.

what???? you do??? why peggy, i've never noticed this about you!!!

no really, like... i'm like the BIGGEST DRAMA QUEEN I HAVE EVER MET! for real dude... like it shouldn't take you like 800,000 YEARS TO SEE IT!

it's so bad that even my bishop, almost every time he sees me, breaks out into "valley girl" voice and mocks me... and it's just not right i tell ya!

so why? why do i do it?when explaining something or telling a story, is it THAT necessary to say:

"it was THE FUNNIEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!" or

"he said it like 800,000 TIMES!!!"

why is it not sufficient enough to say:

"yeah i thought it was really funny." or

"he repeated himself a lot."

i guess by nature i am two things... a story teller AND a passionate person. now i'm no math wizard but i think... a + b = DRAMA! don't get me wrong, i like that i have these qualities. i just see that sometimes they tend to get in the way when communicating on a daily basis.

not everything is a big deal-- speaking passionately about toast is rather silly, wouldn't you say? or telling a story about going to the grocery store and every other word is a superlative seems a little excessive, no?

sometimes i catch myself in the act, speaking REALLY REALLY PASSIONATELY about something i don't really care that much about... it usually only dawns on me when i take notice of the person i'm talking with, see their eyes widen with surprise that i care THAT MUCH that toothpaste comes flavored like strawberry and take a step back.

wa-ho there tiger... back that soul train up and take a deep breath.

i also believe that sometimes i use HUGE ways of speaking to purposely be annoying... and i know there are people out there that don't understand my brand of humor and think i am absolutely crazy. (people... you have no idea!)

i am also aware that sometimes i come across as mean or insensitive for saying some of the things i do.. but i can't help it if i think it's funny to say the things that are so morbidly wrong to say that no one would ever say them... so i do.. then i snicker... most people give me that look that says i'm a huge jerk... but how i do love those people in my life that roll with it and play along. it really is all in the name of fun!

i really can't see myself changing... so if you can jive... GET OUT! no no, i kid... i kid.

but seriously, if ever you are in conversation with me and i go off on a tangent about the strangest thing to get all riled up about or i start exaggerating something fierce... give me some slack, i just can't help myself. i wouldn't be able to talk if i couldn't JUST YELL IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS!