random thoughts – Day 1,809 – (Friday) –annoyances

As the TurboTax program has been reminding me for at least two weeks, the early filing discount ends today and beginning tomorrow it will cost more. And unfortunately, on the same day that Rakuten also had a big fat rebate on the Turbotax cost, I learned that one tax form was going to be late and the issuing organization filed an extension. It won’t be available until the beginning of March, and I’m 100% annoyed. 

I usually have the state and federal refunds in the bank account already, but this year, I’ll get to pay even more to file thanks to missing the discount period and thanks to a delay not of my own making. Just more crap that annoys me, and unfortunately, there has been a lot of that lately.

Another thing that has recently been a thorn in my side is a pantry full of ingredients that I can’t access. Even with two healthy hands and a grippy pad on the jar and another on the lid, I always have a brutal time grasping and turning lids to open jars. I have used hand crank can openers forever, mostly for space saving reasons. It usually involves a lot of swearing and regripping, and there is no way I can operate that right now, either.

Ingredients and access issues.

For the past two weeks, since wrecking my wrist, every time I open the pantry, I’m taunted by jars of spaghetti sauce and pesto and cans of black beans, yams, and diced tomatoes that I can’t open. It’s annoying, and I know it’s my fate forevermore, because I’m not getting any younger and also it’s highly unlikely that my hands will spontaneously grow larger and be able to accommodate jars and lids. 

Teeth have recently been employed because sometimes Ziploc bags are industrial strength. Last night, when using my teeth to open a ramen chicken picante seasoning packet and got a nose full of peppery powder. Super not fun.

It doesn't stop at the food cabinet. My cast iron skillet is a two handed weight program. The perfectly-sized saucepan with the lid is manageable when empty, but impossible to handle with with one hand when full. A casserole dish nearly met it's death today when going into and then out of the oven.

Maybe I should find a job as a product tester who checks cookware and opens containers to ensure that it can be done by humans of average strength. If anyone sees any openings for product packaging accessibility testers, cookware handlers, or maybe taste testing chocolates, let me know.