Check the following signs that you are stressed out:

1. Conversations on dinner table start with “put that tennis racquet down then we can talk”

2. School Principal has your number on speed dial

3. The cat is on valium

4. People have trouble understanding your kids as they have learnt to speak with clenched teeth

5. You are trying to get your four year old to get to decaffeinated

6. The number of jobs held by family members exceed the number of people in the house

7. No one has time to wait for microwave tv dinners

8. Family meetings often get punctuated with experiences of law enforcement officials

9. Landlord charges you industrial rates

10. You have to check kid’s day timer if he has time to take out the trash