I Saw A Squirrel Today

I was walking down my street today when I noticed a squirrel starring back, quietly eating a chestnut. It caught my eye and I caught his. We just stared at each other. After moments of silence I yelled, "You're not cute!"

During the couple of hours I had editing my physics project, I replayed this instance over and over in my head. I feel like I owe you (squirrel) an apology. I may have left you a little blind-sighted by that one, so i'll take a moment to tell you what prompted it in the first place.

I'm aware of the beliefs that squirrels don't have Internet, but I'm not the type of person that underestimates you, so please read this:

This morning, when I woke up, I was looking outside my window when I saw you standing out there with your little hind legs, nibbling away at a little nut that you were holding in you're two tiny hands. When watching this play out in front of me I thought, I bet that squirrel thinks he is soooooo cute.

Unwelcome feelings of resentment and jealousy ran through my veins. Before I knew it, I was enraged. I obviously let my anger have the better of me, and before I knew what I was doing, I was yelling at you, never considering how potentially hurtful it might be.

Now that i've calmed down I feel like a real jerk. So I'm sorry. I hope you can forgive me, and just know that in the future I will attempt to do a better job controlling my anger rather than letting my anger control me, per my therapists suggestion.

Sincerely,

Jacob Eisner