Friday Bitch & Brag

May 23, 2025 - The 3-Day Weekend Edition: blisters, mailings & breakups

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This week was a humdinger, but I made it to Friday and it’s a three-day weekend. Time to circle up!

Bitch: Two days in a row I had a hard time getting a ride to work, because both Uber and Lyft were overloaded—maybe due to graduations in the area and not enough drivers? I need to get a car of my own, pronto.

Brag: This week was the final week of state testing. During makeup testing on Wednesday morning, I decided to be proactive and sharpen pencils for the next day of testing…

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Bitch: …and I gave myself a blister on my middle finger from gripping the pencils too damn hard.

Brag: I switched my email marketing service on Busy Birdies Studio to MailPoet and while there was a little bit of a learning curve with the service, I’m getting way more features with its free version than I did with the free version of MailChimp. And I finally sent an update to my mailing list yesterday! Go me!

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Bitch: At the start of the week I found out about the separation of a couple I have known & loved for many years. My heart goes out to them.

Brag: On Thursday afternoon I had a lovely phone call with a long-time client—we had our own little B&B session and it was great to catch up with her.

This week on The Corinne Channel: a BONUS bitch & brag, mediocre pie, the return of a fun comedy/mystery series, and more!