BAH!

I came home today at 2:45 and couldn't park in front of my house because of the parents going to pick up their kids. I know I've beaten this horse to death, but it will never stop hacking me off. I should be able to park in front of my own house rather than two houses down or even farther. Does anyone know where I can go purchase a couple of those orange traffic cones? I'm going to put them by the curb to see what happens and to get my message across without having to go out in the middle of the street and yell at every person. I did consider writing notes saying, "Please do not park in front of 1509" and tucking them under people's windshield wipers but I was told that was a bit obsessive. And orange cones by my curb isn't? I really wanted to run over those kids the other day. Today I just wanted to mow everyone down with bullets.

I secretly dream about putting the cones out front and seeing the other neighbors gradually adopt the same procedure with their own yards. Wouldn't that stick it to the City of Plano for making a school too big for a neighborhood! I think about what the parents would do--if they would freak out, be forced to carpool, be forced to walk, or if they would just move the cones out of selfish desperation. Everyone else thinks I'm being ridiculous about this but I'm the only member of this household who has to park in front of the house during the school zone periods (or needs to leave during those times) and has to deal with the zoo at the end of the block. I don't know why it's hard to understand how irritating it is. If the school wants to expand to accomodate so many children, they should expand the parking lot enough for parents to not flood and block the street for an hour. If they can't make a parking lot large enough to accomodate that amount of cars and parents, they shouldn't expand the school. I honestly wonder if the people who approved the expansion even thought about anything. I'm sure there are things I can do, legally, as a member of this neighborhood. I guess if it bothers me this much I should probably look into the steps I need to take to make some sort of headway with this crap.