Friday Bitch & Brag
May 16, 2025 - The Bird Dog Edition: straws, rabbits, and P.E. class
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Another wacky week comes to a close and for once I am not completely exhausted, which is due to two things: taking a mental health day on Wednesday and a half-day of school today. Let’s circle up!
Bitch: I am so damn tired of paper straws. They cannot withstand prolonged use and I’m not going to chug my cold drink and get brain freeze in order to avoid the dreaded limp-straw syndrome. The plastic used in straws is responsible for less than 4% of plastic waste produced so miss me with that anti-plastic straw BS.
Brag: Pops told me about a white rabbit with black ears and markings that visits them occasionally, and on Sunday I finally saw it. A very handsome, tame rabbit, that may live nearby and gets outdoor bunny time from its humans. I don’t condone this free-range behavior, but not my rabbit, not my magic act, to coin a phrase.
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Bitch: On Tuesday evening, while putting away clean dishes, my grip on some plates wavered and I wound up breaking a glass and a small cat food dish, plus I chipped one of the plates…
Brag: …but I didn’t get hurt, and the glass didn’t go flying all over the kitchen, and I managed to sequester Rooney before he came upstairs to “help” me clean up.
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Bitch: Wagstaff students were exceptionally rowdy this week, with kids fighting, getting suspended, or wandering the hallways. Two seventh-grade girls were caught forging hall passes, but from what I hear they weren’t charging kids for them, which sounds like a missed opportunity.
Brag: On Tuesday I covered a couple P.E. classes and convinced an eighth grader to do 50 squats with me, and I made several boys do the bird dog exercise properly, even getting on the floor to show them proper form. I also had fun yelling “your butt is too high!” at some of the kids doing push-ups.
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