2970 Tasting Notes
We escaped for as long as we could here, but it’s all over. It was 106 Saturday, and 109 Sunday, and at least 101 today.
It’s the least enjoyable time of the year, where I drink my morning tea sweating and then spend the rest of the day miserable hoping that things will cool down again.
Sigh. Welcome to summer.
You know how in Narnia it’s always winter and never Christmas? That’s how this week has felt.
It is a short work week, which sounds lovely, but really means I have four days to do five days worth of work, and my boss is at a conference for half of this week, meaning I need to man the fort all by myself.
Then, after all the nonsense with my credit card, a scammer called me pretending to be from my bank, and tried to get my account login information from me. Fortunately I didn’t fall for it, but it was still no fun at all, and created extra worry around the situation with my bank.
And I woke up with a headache! Ugh!
Sorry everyone, I don’t mean to be a whiner. But I can safely say that this cup of tea is a lifeline (as are all of you, my kind, invisible tea friends!)
Sigh. Its been a long week.
My siblings were out for the anniversary of my fathers death, which has been hard. Also I’ve been going through a lot at work, and my brain has not been all in while going through the anniversary.
Then, last week, my credit card got hacked. It got caught right away, no big deal, but today the credit card replacement came…. in the wrong name. (They’ve used my middle name as my last name, which happens more often than you’d think!).
Sigh. June is not my month.
We I do get an acceptable payment method back, I am ordering some more tea! In the meantime, yum yum Queen Catherine!
Some days you need a tea which is tasty but not too special, as you had a terrible nights sleep and need the ol’ wake up juice, rather than a euphoric tea experience.
This will do. Strong, pleasant, but not a favorite, so I can sip it in bleary peace.
Yum yum, Queen Catherine!
I am very happy to have delightful teas. Its going to be a very long week (when do I not have a long week? Argh), with Work, Hobbies, and impending Family Grief Things all on the agenda this week.
So a little extra comfort and structure will do me good.
So there is a double whammy going on today- there is a potential problem at work which will be a lot of complicated research and conversations with a highly stressed client. Also my boss will hardly be in for the rest of this week and part of the rest, so I have the whole office to manage, plus this large issue.
On top of that, today is the second anniversary of the event that took my dad. (He had a heart attack, and then died ten days later, so we have two anniversaries in a tight window. Then shortly after there is a major family anniversary, and fathers day happens very shortly after the death date, so in short, I’m in great emotional shape.)
So I’m not surprised I had nightmares, and a horrible nights sleep.
So, Queen Catherine, the only possible solution to this problem.
I’m glad I have a full tin of this, as it’s just such a magnificent tea, and I will need all the magnificence I can get.
I don’t mean to complain, but it will be a brittle day for me.
That’s a lot of load for one pair of shoulders. Praying for you today.
That’s indeed a lot of load. I will joing gmathis with their prayers.
As will I! Hugs across the miles if you are a hugger!
Be kind to yourself and drink all the tea. Hugs!
Staying open is the hardest and best. Take good care of your heart. <3
One of the most annoying things about stress is that when I am going to be very busy, I then have a terrible nights sleep because my brain refuses to shut up about all that might be happening.
Ugh. Not helpful, brain, not helpful.
So a nice cup of an easy, uncomplicated tea is just what the doctor ordered. Help me, Paris! You are my only hope.
Love the Star Wars reference :)!
If you know where to buy a pillow that does not trigger every unresolved issue from the past week, decade, or millennium as soon as your head hits it, please let me know. I want to buy a dozen.
I need that pillow as well!
I’ve been going to sleep listening to audiobooks with narrator’s voices that I like. It helps my brain calm down and focus on one thing instead of Ping-Ponging around a zillion.
Ah the brain is never thinking the good thoughts. But controlling the thoughts is a skill that can be learned, but like most things it takes effort and practice. Try NSDR non-sleep deep rest on YouTube or concentrate on breathing and throwing away all your thoughts (I like thinking of them rushing away down a flowing stream or on a boat getting further and further away on a lake). The other trick I use is a piece of sports tape vertically across my mouth. Prevents mouth breathing and you will be concentrating on breathing through your nose instead of the thoughts swirling in your head.
We’ve had a resurgence of cold weather, and I am delighted! I get to spend this morning wrapped up in my robe and sipping tea in pure comfort.
Ahhhhh.
Ooh that does sound nice!
I’ve never quite hit this one on the nose, but I have enough for one more tiny trial cup. Suggestions? Coolish water? Longer steep?
(And I envy your bathrobe morning!)
This is a very delicate one. I tend to give it a bit longer on the steep, to let the flavors really come out to play.
I’ll give it a go!
We had some of that last week, and I’m done with it!
Same here, Rosehips! Heat index over 100F every day for the past several days and for the next few. Heat advisory being announced every day. This makes me so ready for fall!
If you don’t mind cold brews… Paris is amazing cold too!
thereadersteacup – Good to know! I needed a cold brew for this month’s sipdown prompts!
It’s sooo good cold brewed!