Rat's Nest Week 29

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• Grey’s anatomy who?- If you haven’t already gone this year, it’s time to schedule your annual physical (if you have health insurance these are usually “included” with your premiums). They’re not perfect in screening for everything, but prevention is key in a lot of health issues!

  • Also going to take this time to plug that we all need to be advocates for our own health- ask your doc questions!! This doesn’t mean going down rabbit holes on WebMD, but if a doctor is dismissing you- you know your body best, go find another.

• Who’s that girl- I’m going to sound a little cocky here but my dog has some of the shiniest fur on the block and I’m attributing it to this fish oil I’ve been adding to her food the last 2 years 

• Rat’s hall of shame- sour patch watermelon. sue me. they’re nasty.

trigger warning- domestic violence

Brianna LaPaglia, aka Brianna Chickenfry, recently refused to sign a TWELVE MILLION DOLLAR NDA after breakup with country singer Zach Bryan. Why? Because he emotionally abused and destroyed her while they were together and she didn’t want to sign that experience away. She scratched the surface of her experience in last week’s BFF episode:

The main takeaways I want you to get from this is that not all domestic abuse is physical, people frequently defend their abusers while they’re in it, and that its not as easy as just walking away.

If you or somebody you know may need help, check out thehotline.org. Honestly, check it out even if you don’t currently need it- I think it’s good for us all to know signs of abuse to be able to spot them to help others.

Munchies this week are coming from the Gluten Free prison I live in (both are manufacturer links so you can use their where to buy in store feature):

• Capello’s Sausage & Red Pepper pizza (just close your eyes when you’re checking out, it’s absurdly expensive but if you’re GF you know the options are limited)

• Feel Good Foods Soup Dumplings- These SAVED me when I was sick with Covid- turns out most of my comfort foods revolve around gluten, but these did the trick!