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It’s been a weird week.
Last night, in a completely round about and accidental way I learned that my ex had got married recently.
This is not bad news! We broke up years ago, it was a very sad break up, but it was for the best, and he and I are still friendly. I’ve known about his girlfriend for ages, and I’ve always wanted him to have all he wants in life.
But it’s still an odd sensation. I was with him for the better part of a decade, and there was a long time that I thought that would be our future. I don’t regret anything about our relationship, or our break up, but it’s still something that has knocked me a bit unbalanced.
Oh, adulthood. There are a few weird nuggets in it, arn’t there? And emotions are weird!
But, there is tea. Yum. It’s finally cold enough to really get relaxed when I drink a cup of tea. We are heading into my favorite time of the year.

Its been a crazy few weeks, and yesterday ended in a client yelling at me. Sigh.
Also Daylight Savings Time is annoying me. I used to like the autumn adjustment best, but now I find I cant stay asleep all the time I should be asleep. Bleh.
But this morning it is raining, huge, satisfying rain.
This is an apple cinnamon tea, which is pretty nicely balanced between the apple and the cinnamon. Thats great, as I don’t want the cinnamon to overwhelm.
A nice cup of tea and some rain will do a lot towards making this week ok.

Happy Halloween!
I don’t have any pumpkin blends in my cupboard today, so I will drink this cup that, to me, is the quintessence of fall.
Yum.

So this tea is almost straight up cinnamon, and maybe a smack of clove. Its a very heavy sort of tea.
I wish there was a more “muffin-y” element to this tea.

Do you ever have those weeks that are so busy that there is nothing except some of your favorite teas that will do?
This is that week.
New teas require more brain cells than I have.

In my recent spate of tea ordering I got a huge bag of this, and what a relief it is to have a favorite back in my cupboard!
Yuuuum.

So after the week of hundred degree temperature, it then turned dramatically colder, and it has been raining buckets for the last two days.
Unbelievable.
I almost could not see on my way home yesterday, and was carrying a flashlight around, in case the power went out.
A perfect time to drink the first cup of Boston of the season.
Ahh, thats the stuff.

Is it only Wednesday? Ooof.
Monday was a good work day- something I’ve been working towards finally came to pass, so I’m excited.
Tuesday I forgot to add water to my oatmeal and turned it into a charcoal brick, and then the work day also exploded in my face.
Also a friend, who is always where he says he’ll be, missed a schedule call. I had a bit of a panic, worrying something terrible had happened to him, but he was fine, just a scheduling disaster.
Whew. At least Tuesday is over.
So this is an apple cinnamon tea, and so far I’m finding it a bit heavy. Hmm, more tinkering required.

I’m doing my usual September dance, where I drink autumnal teas in an attempt to force the weather to cooperate. That this has never worked before will not stop me.
This is an apple cinnamon tea, emphisis on the cinnamon. I may need to steep this a bit less next time, but I’m looking forward to my next cup of this.

Is anyone else surprisingly sad about the death of Queen Elizabeth? I found myself really knocked off kilter yesterday, feeling grim and sad and a bit disoriented. I lived in England briefly when I was younger, and that was a wonderful experience, so perhaps I feel a kinship to that nation.
But also she was a constant in the universe- water is wet, tea is great, England has a Queen.
Its the end of an era, and I’m never very good with the end of eras.
I’m trying a new tea today, but maybe not in the right frame of mind to review it.