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Time to circle up, kids!
Bitch: This past week was a chaotic mess, with shifts & changes, late nights, weird eating & sleeping habits. I struggled to make time to complete important tasks, including write the weekly paid post, and I still feel guilty about that. Hormonal disruption? Time change? Astrological transits? I will say it’s all of the above.
Brag: I’ve inherited quite a few lovely things thanks to Emily* and her family, as they’ve spent the last 2 1/2 weeks cleaning out the house after Anna’s death to prepare it for sale. One of the most significant is a KitchenAid stand mixer, which I’m looking forward to using to up my baking (and cooking) game. It came with a ton of attachments, too, for grinding and spiralizing and whatnot. A funny gift is a t-shirt that Emily’s father George* had among his things & never wore; it reads “Careful, or you’ll end up in my novel.” I’ll be wearing this shirt often, I’m sure.
Bitch: All the assholes who vandalize air machines at gas stations. On Sunday, the Check Tire Pressure light came on in the CR-V & I went to 2 different gas stations that had broken air machines due to vandalism, and a third station had two air machines but a line of cars waiting to use them.
Brag: Late Sunday night, Emily’s cousin Andrew* was kind enough to help me with filling the tires and ensuring they were at the proper pressure. We checked 3 different gas stations on a single intersection, all of them charging for air, which was frustrating considering the broken ones I’d found were all free. Fortunately I had enough quarters to use the cheapest one.
Bitch: Insanely long grocery store receipts. I buy 11 items and the receipt is a little over 2 feet long. I buy 27 items and the receipt is 22 inches long. All I need to know is the total amount and what card I used to pay for my purchase. Do not bother me with this other nonsense about winning a gift card if I complete a survey (does anyone ever win these?) and points toward random crap I don’t normally purchase.
Brag: This morning my housemate got Dunkin Donuts “for St Patty’s Day" & there was a blueberry donut in the box, which is my favorite. He’s good people.