By far - my biggest, ugly, misfortunate trait is impatience. I hate to wait. As much as I try to channel my yoga breath and summon positivity - sometimes, it just doesn't come. For instance:
Traffic: Damn you, Park Avenue.
The rainbow wheel of death on my Macbook.
When clients people don't email me back fast enough.
The U.S. Postal Service: Belated birthday cards are my nightmare.
Food delivery: I devour it before the delivery man has even reached the 4th floor on his way down.
Chipped nail polish: When one is chipped, they all have to go. Now.
Crossing the street: I literally hurl myself before impending traffic and sprint across at yellow to avoid waiting.
When people can't just say what they mean.
When people talk in circles, reiterating their point (that I heard the first time), wasting more time, and they're starting to make me think that they just like to hear themselves talk...
And there I go. My blood is boiling as I type this. What is wrong with me? Before you write me off as a complete psycho, I promise I am not this nuts in every patience-testing situation. For example:
Waiting in line just to get inside Trader Joes: True story. And yes, worth the wait. Especially since I just traveled 50+ blocks to get there.
The insane crowd at Starbucks in the mornings: I get it. Coffee is a NECESSITY. Worth the wait.
Waiting on the phone with (insert company) customer service: My cell phone, the cable company, name it. Your website makes absolutely no sense and I'd like to speak to a real person, please. Go ahead, take your time. I've got alllll night.
I write this because it's apparent that my impatience has been fully interpreted by those around me as sass*. In treating my impatience as disease, my sass is how I cope with its debilitating effects. However, it doesn't help that I am the worst liar on the planet and I'm very bad at concealing any of my thoughts with a straight face.
With that insight into my life, I bring you sass cake. It's actually an apple spice cake, but I am making it for some folks who I've been serving up some sass to recently. They deserve a break from my banter and a serving of this cake instead, which is delicious.
I used a fantastic recipe called Applesauce Spice Cake w/ Brown Butter-Cream Cheese Frosting which immediately caught my eye. Browning butter is easy and it makes everything better. I swear. I used a bigger pan than recommended which worked out perfectly (8x12) and doubled the frosting portion. Only road block I ran into was waiting on the cake to cool so I could finally frost it...
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