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In my 20s I found I couldn't drink anything with caffine after 1pm or I would be crawling the walls well beyond my bedtime. And that was when I had to be up around 4 - 5am.
Somehting I found out a few years ago...chai means tea. So, you drink tea tea?
I drink a mug of tea while I watch the Boston news (on the DVR so I can skip the commercials) late nights. I like Bigelow's Lemon Lift, Cinnamon Stick, sometimes Orange Spice, Earl Grey, sometimes Twinings Chai Ultra Spice. I like it dark, so steep it for at least 3 to 3.5 minutes (except the Chai Ultra Spice - which they recommend to steep for 5 minutes, so I go 6 or more - love the spices in it!), squeeze the bag and toss it. I use Stevia in the Raw for sweetener. No milk or cream.
Commiserations: Back in '94 my other half died of complications three weeks after having a stroke at the age of 42.
Sending vibes for good medical care and a favorable outcome for your sibling, and strength and patience for you & your family.
I used to have that problem. These days my body is like "Horizontal? Cool. Out we go."
I'll still have to get up twice a night to pee, but that happens regardless. Wasn't a problem before Little Dude came along, but on the list of things that change with pregnancy, that's better than a lot of the options. I'll take it.
Back when I was in the service, all us plebians used to joke about which of the senior staff NCO's had Coffee Cup 1, 2, or 3 as an essential skill, depending how often (day or night) you would see them with a coffee mug in hand.
Sending good vibes.
Complaint: My brother's funeral is on the 4th.
I hope it is everything that you and your family need it to be.
Oh, no! I hope everything turns out OK for them.
Wishing you the best.
How heavy duty a stroke? I had mine at 43 but visibly fully recovered in 24 hours, unless you count a certain %age of permanent brain damage which, according to my parents I've had since birth anyway
So far the only things I can say have definitely been affected are losing nearly all my upper body strength (used to bench over 300lbs and weighed around 160lbs, now I can't bench a quarter of that without running out of steam and my weight is up over 200lbs) and occasional typos in spelling (my muscle memory for the keyboard has been compromised).
Keeping both of you & your families in my thoughts.
Thanks for the kind words all. They did make it through the night, but apparently there are two blood clots, one in their lung and one somewhere else. And a significant brain bleed. In the area that controls speech, memory and recognition. Our mom is with them now and they seem to be able to hear her, but are still unconscious. It could go either way at this point.
I hope that luck, and the doctors, favour them.
...sending as much positive energy as possible and hoping for the best.
Tea Tale: Back in the late '50s (I was about 10), my parents bought a big old farmhouse in this town that had belonged to an old farmer that had recently died. His name was "Tonger", but people in town referred to it as "the old grey house". Not because it was gray (which it was), but that it was one of the older houses in town (it's now about 200) and had had a prominent owner named "Grey". Actually, the name was "Earl Grey". My mother was aware of the tea named "Earl Grey" and glommed onto this appellation and joked about it until she died in '92. When the wind blew and the wood frame house creaked, she'd say it was Earl Grey's ghost, she started drinking Earl Grey tea, she named one of her favorite cats "Earl". And I'm sure that's why I gravitated to Earl Grey tea.
Long before Picard made it famous.
Although the house itself was in town, the farm associated with it was directly behind the house and up the hill covering 12 acres outside of town (this is a small town). The house itself was pitiful when we got it, but my father and then my brother (current owner) put a lot of work, and money into it, and it's now thoroughly modern with insulation everywhere, proper heating, proper plumbing, proper wiring, even network outlets, refinished hardwood floors, modern kitchen, granite counters, large covered patio, etc, etc. Quite a journey from the dilapidated farmhouse we started out with, that was pitifully heated with a single pot-bellied stove on the first floor, having to close off the upstairs in the winter, rotten pipes, sparking wiring, crumbling lath & plaster walls, inadequate/dirty spring water, full septic tank, disintegrating small wooden garage, ratty lawn, etc. etc. etc. The house was in such bad condition that I used to have nightmares about the house collapsing.
I so admire my father and brother for being able to do that type of heavy repair work.
I go out of my way to avoid it.
Much easier to push electrons around and figure out computer logic.
And you don't need a basement & garage full of iron tools.
Non-complaint: I've got a surgery date for my cat now, for the 15th of June. They got her in the schedule pretty fast. We have to drop her off at 7:00 in the morning and then they'll figure out when to take her into surgery depending on what else is going on in Urgent Care that day. I am really nervous for her. The last time we had a cat have surgery (not counting the kittens we just had neutered) he died. Charlie had FIV (cat HIV) from being an outdoor cat before we adopted him. He got an eye tumor, so he had to have his eye removed. I guess he wasn't strong enough for the surgery, because he died the night after. Shasta was never an outdoor cat, and doesn't have FIV, so she's got that going for her, at least.
Complaint: Cat surgery is expensive and will run up my credit card until the insurance decides to pay back my 80%.
Non-complaint: Computer is still working with no more out-of-nowhere reboots. Yay for the new power supply!
Such sympathy for your loss of Charlie... you did the best you could for him, and I'm sure he was (and still is) grateful. Unfortunately, thinking things like "far more cats survive surgery than don't" isn't particularly helpful when you have prior experience weighing on your heart. Sending good energy that it all goes smoothly.
Yay for computer, though!
Non-complaint: Little Dude's support plan got approved!!!!!
Also, I got him a small handheld recharageable fan, and he's in absolute hog heaven. Portable wind! Adjustable wind! Wind whenever he wants it!!!
Meanwhile, Teen Kiddo is now on summer break and loving that.
And we finally got some rain, for which the trees and the bunny buffet (aka weed patches on my lawn) are very grateful.
Life is good.
I hope all goes well, and that the insurance is speedily settled.
Thanks, guys. I finally got the insurance payment approval for her initial appointment on the 21st, so it looks like it takes just under 2 weeks to process. It's not in my bank account yet, though. IDK how long that will take.
@SilverGirl : Yay for Good Things!
Those are celebrations for sure. Congratulations.
Charlie has upped his game. Instead of little poop gifts on my bath mat in front of my toilet, he moved it by my bed, just where my feet would hit first thing in the morning. Such a sweet little charmer. So my bathroom door is now closed at night and I keep my slides next to my bed. I think he wanted make sure I knew he loves me, but did not appreciate me washing my bedding. Allergies went crazy Monday.
@butterflyfish, I will keep your kitty in my thoughts. And if you buy a lottery ticket I hope you win. You deserve it.
Oh how nice, you need a whole lot of nice after what you've had to put up with. Hope you understand when I say there's a case of Mitfreude here (taking pleasure at someone else's happiness).
My youngest has a rechargable hand held fan and also has a neck fan, rather like the one in this link: here . It might be useful too, and leaves hands free. Now with it being a UK item, you'd need to look more locally, but it's great. Daughter uses both when the temperature exceeds about 70F (we're not used to heat as extreme as 70F in the UK).
Regards,
Richard