My day started off pretty great. I hadn't slept well, but I still got out of bed, found time for a workout, started making a super delicious soup. An almost perfect day for a gloomy fall day (except for working). And then, someone flipped a switch.
I decided to have a nap as I slept poorly last night, and my schedule allowed for it. It was not the experience I was looking for. Having worked out this morning, I made sure to drink lots of water. Which meant no napping was actually going to happen since I had to pee every 30 seconds.
Additionally, Bobbi from the bank was calling to convince me to invest money or something. Look, Bobbi from the bank. Yes, my car is paid off. No, I don't want to meet with you right now. This is why I'm avoiding your calls. Frankly, if you want to be taken seriously, don't go by Bobbi from the bank. And leave a flipping message. You called twice during my nap-attempt. And you didn't leave a message Bobbi. And no, Bobbi, I don't have caller ID, but I know it was you Bobbi. I know.
Following this failed nap attempt, I decided to finish the making of soup. I pulled out my food processor to blend that shit up. I bought it a few weeks ago after going psycho on my blender that didn't want to blend. Then I went all psycho on the food processor that didn't want to process. My husband stepped in and waved a magic wand or something so it worked that day.
We are not that day. So of course I didn't notice there was a max liquid line on it. It has a huge bowl thing to it. Why is there a max liquid line of 1/2 cup of liquid? You know what happens when you go past the max liquid line? Liquid pours everywhere. EVERYWHERE.
So, I had small melt down, but moved on. I put all thousand pieces in their "locked" position. I plugged it in. I pressed one of the buttons. Nothing. I tried again. I pressed all of the buttons. At once. Nothing. Pressed might be too gentle of a word.
I took the thing apart. I tried three more times to get all pieces to some secret magical combination. Nothing. I had a large temper tantrum with swearing, screaming and crying. (Yes, I crossed that line).
I couldn't use my blender because I couldn't get it apart to clean it. Yes, it seems I am that weak. I decided to unpackage my Blendtec that I had received earlier but not yet used because I was too lazy to clean it. Ya, today I was still too lazy and in a state of kitchen insanity. I transferred all contents to the Blendtec. I plugged it in. I admired the fancy display, and all of the prettiness. I pressed the fancy "soup" button. Nothing.
My eye was twitching. All the rage. But the Blendtec is too pretty to be angry at. So I read the instructions. Learned there is a power button at the very back. WTF? Anyway, it worked. But you know why you are supposed to clean it? Well, one reason is so you don't end up with styrofoam bits in your soup. Just sayin'.