All the Right Steps

 (I couldn't miss the opportunity for a math pun)

Isn't it frustrating?

Everything just annoys you so much more. It's as if everything that could go wrong did. The smallest things cause you physical pain.

And by "small", I really do mean the most insignificant events.
Like:

When you erase something and those annoying little pieces get left on your paper, turning your already angry handwriting into something illegible.

When you have to keep sharpening your pencil because all the graphite (yes people--graphite--not lead) is broken inside.

When you're stuck on that one homework question for 3 hours, and you finally decide to ask for help and the person solves it within seconds.

When you thought your calculator was your cell phone and you tried to text, but all that showed up was "3948328"

Yes, these have all happened to me. And in case you didn't notice the pattern, they all have to do with homework. Specifically math homework.

Now, don't get me wrong. I actually really like math ( yes, i know. For those of you in shock that someone could actually use the words "like" and "math" in the same sentence, please take a break and go get a glass of water)

-- Hopefully you feel better now--

Anyway, it's as if time freezes. And not in a good way, like they show in movies. You know, when you see your 'one true love' and  it's 'just you two there'.  No, what I was going for was more of a dark, gloomy, stuck-in-an-abyss kind of frozen time.

But then the time comes when you finally understand. And there is really no better feeling in the world.

So, I will now return to my math homework. I wish all you fellow math-people that best of luck.