Before I moved to Milwaukee, I had never heard of paczkis, although somewhere in my dim memory I think my first husband talked about them. Are you all familiar with them? The usual pronunciation sounds like poonch-key. They're big jelly-filled doughnuts very popular around here on Fat Tuesday. That's been my only spending this week so far: $3.99 for six paczkis. I had half of one for breakfast, but found the dept admins brought in a couple dozen, so I relented and had a whole one. I think I'm in a paczkis hangover now. I rarely eat that much fat and sugar in one go-- I almost look forward to a leaner tomorrow and Lent.
In minor financial news I deposited another $25 insurance reimbursement and filed for flex reimbursements for DD's ortho and dental work. TIAA Cref is sponsoring some sort of seminar tomorrow for "America Saves" week, and I've registered for it. I hope to go after tomorrow's classes and office hours.
My major post-paczki triumph today was finding the new George Saunders' book at the library. They have a "hot" shelf, but you can't reserve the books. I'm looking forward to digging in this weekend.
Buried in grading. Absolutely buried.
Paczki Day
March 1st, 2017 at 03:49 am
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Good luck on the grading. Funny thing is I kind of missing grading long papers...
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Everyone is Polish on Paczki Day!
Our pre-Lenten practice on Fat Tuesday!0
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It's funny how regional food like paczkis are--even in our connected world. Growing up in sort-of Protestant Minneapolis, we never had Paczkis or King Cake. But I can talk lutefisk and lefse with the best of them!
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