Hahaha, these are great! Thanks everybody. The best suggestion was sleep, but these are all great. Now I have a new problem, choosing which one fits the sentence best... exasperated and flummoxed definitely work, as they're a little less surprised and a little more judge-y. I'm hoping I can squeeze one of these in to the sentence once I get the chance to work on the story again this week.
It's always the littlest things that trip me up.
