Friday Bitch & Brag
January 19, 2024 - The Snow-Covered Edition
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Yes, it’s a winter freakin’ wonderland where I am. Get a hot beverage, your blanket, and let’s circle up!
Bitch: The temperature may be below freezing, but menopause has me wanting to make snow angels in the nude. For the first time ever I am not bitching constantly about the cold, because I feel as if these hot flashes could melt the snow on the sidewalk. Sing it with me! “What do I care if icicles form? I’ve got hot flashes to keep me warm!”
Brag: I baked cinnamon sugar muffins at the beginning of the week and I haven’t eaten them all. Considering how much I like cinnamon, this is a major achievement.
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Bitch: Kaiser Permanente has been sending me emails and texts for a few weeks about a waitlist to get an earlier optometrist appointment—but I don’t remember scheduling one for 2024 when I went for an eye exam last year, nor can I find anything on my patient portal or on my Google Calendar.
Brag: Last week I started an Advanced Calling In course with Loretta Ross, professor, activist, and reproductive justice advocate. I took a beginner’s course in 2021 and learned so much about racism, white privilege, and social justice, as well as how “calling in” works (spoiler: it’s the opposite of cancel culture and calling people out). The advanced course has more opportunities to practice what we’re learning, which is extremely useful. Watch Professor Ross’s TED talk here if you want to learn more.
Big news: Reading with Expression will get a makeover & rebranding in February 2024—subscribers will get early notice on all the changes!
Bitch: While reviewing one of my Chewy Autoship orders, I discovered that they tried to swap out the regular sized Litter Genie refill with a jumbo sized one—and from what I’m reading, it doesn’t fit properly in the Litter Genie base unit I own. Chewy isn’t even selling the regular sized refill anymore. If you’re thinking, “this is a cat owner problem and I don’t have cats, and I don’t like them much, either,” guess what, I’m still going to bitch about it AND I’m including a video so you can see what the Litter Genie is and how it works. I’ve been using this cat litter disposal system for nearly 8 years and it’s worked great all that time—why do they need to make a jumbo refill that doesn’t fit into legacy products? Greedy much, Litter Genie? If they keep this up I say we all put flaming Litter Genie bags of poop in their lobby.
Brag: Today I made bread for the first time and it turned out pretty good, even if the loaves look like a mutant crescent roll. I need to work on my technique for rolling out the dough and shaping the loaves.
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