Signs You’Re Stressed Out

Mon., March 27, 2000

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Roxanne Mcpeck, Central Valley

10. You keep putting salt on fruit salad.

9. You steal a teacher’s toupee to cover the spot where you pulled your own hair out.

8. New homework assignments provoke passionate pleas for forgiveness.

7. You’re late for class after falling asleep standing up in the hall - again.

6. Wearing your shoes on the wrong feet doesn’t embarrass you.

5. You go to class with the wrong book, only to realize it’s not even yours.

4. The staff at Starbucks refers to you as their charity case.

3. You got a ticket for driving under the influence of anxiety.

2. You finally show up at school on time, but it’s the wrong school.

And the No. 1 sign that you’re stressed out is: You buy a dog just so it can eat your homework.

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