Starting off on the wrong foot

My morning started off just fine. Woke up a bit early, called the cats in for some cuddle time, made my coffee and decided to go ahead and make that strawberry-rhubarb crisp to take into work and then over to Penzeys to thank Ted for the cherries.

OK- I slice up the fruit, toss with the sugar and find out I'm out of brown sugar. No problem- since I make my own. One TB molasses to one cup sugar- stir until blended and voila, brown sugar that's not as hard as a rock. Now, I need oats. I go to my huge overstuffed pantry- no oats, no fraking oats, not even a fucking flake- why? and why do I feel the multitude of fiber one bars are laughing at me.

I so left out the oats from the topping- throw it together then put in oven. Smells great and take it out- yeah, I've made better. The recipe didn't call for any flour to be added to the fruit, which I really should of done since there is so much liquid in the dish.

I head to work,but first, have to stop and get a little gas since my tank was empty. I put in $10 and didn't even get a 1/4 of a tank. Grrr. And after I get to work, I grab my crisp and discover - it leaked all over the front seat of my car. This crisp is now just plain evil. Cleaning up the hot sticky mess, I am just pissed off.

Then the crappy little fridge here decided to test me further. The freezer compartment is causing the door not to shut, which makes the ice grow which causes the door not to shut and makes more ice- the vicious circle! So, I take a freebee coffee cup and bang the crap out of the ice to make the door go shut. Which, bonus, did get out some of my frustration.

So, my grocery list this week has started off with oats, sugar and resolve cleaner for my car. Super! Here's to hoping the afternoon is a little brighter and less sticky.