The Marci Rating System

After my adventures with the coffee advent calendar last year, I decided to try the same company's 'spring and summer' options. (They offer a set of 'single-pot' bags with the various flavors. Since I'm making one cup at a time, and mixing the flavored coffee with regular coffee, they last a WHILE.)

So far I've tried:

*Blackberry Crumble: unexpectedly delicious, wow! I was wary of all the fruit flavors, but this one was great.

*S'Mores: YUM

*Blueberry Cobbler: ...I'm not sure

See, the thing is, MANY years ago, I took a bunch of powdered blueberry-flavored Crystal Light on a trip I didn't really want to go on, and the blueberry smell of the ground coffee is EXACTLY the same. (Okay, I have no idea if it's exactly the same. It reminds me of how that smelled. So the mental association is there.)

BUT once the coffee is brewed, the blueberry smell is much less, and the taste isn't bad. As long as the ratio is Very Little Blueberry Coffee : Much More Regular Coffee, I'm enjoying it quite a bit. I'm not sure I'm enjoying it enough to KEEP enjoying it through the entire packet, let alone the SECOND one, though. (Why two blueberry, and not two delicious, delicious blackberry???)

::deep breaths::

::resolves to ACTUALLY go to sleep earlier tonight::

OKAY! LET'S DO THIS!

Despite my reservations about everything the fact that it's still only Thursday, I recognize that many of those reservations would probably be resolved with 1) a few more hours of sleep tonight; 2) a walk outside in the sunshine; and 3) eating some food.

Ooh, and coffee! It's time for a new flavor from my coffee advent calendar -- each 'day' has actually been lasting me about four days, since I only drink one* cup a day.

(*LOL "one cup" in a 20-ounce mug, which I do realize is Not Exactly One Cup, but is sort of close enough for the purposes of this post.)

*In happy news, I am well-stocked with coffee and chocolate, two things I am very much looking forward to consuming today.

*In less fantastic news, I'm battling with a sense of 'I'm falling apart and falling behind in every way.' That this feeling is objectively untrue does not seem to make it less unpleasant to experience.

*Current word count: help, I can't do math. the goal is 23,333 today, and I hit yesterday's goal of 21667, I think, so... somewhere between those two? idk there are now three files and that's so many numbers

*A sentence I wrote today: "Why are you up so early?"

*Sometimes my computer tries to offer helpful suggestions like 'this sentence would be more grammatically correct if you took out this word,' and I'm always like 'I think you fundamentally misunderstand the purpose of this exercise.' Sometimes I add more words instead.

Today my coffee delivery AND my yarn delivery are both supposed to arrive... what a combo! Sorry boss, it is coffee and crochet hours for the foreseeable future!

With June comes plants!

Other big plans for the day:

*take some more allergy medication

*drink coffee in my new rainbow heart mug

*pat the cat

*Work continues to be work

*But I turned on my diffuser this morning and I can *almost* smell it even with my sinus congestion, so that's one good thing

*And I decided to make the cat a lil' crochet blanket for her bed, so I have a fun project for downtime, which is another good thing (this is maaaaaaybe a ploy for me to reclaim her current blanket, but if she's insistent, I'm sure she'll wind up with both)

*Also this day has coffee for drinking and leftover pizza for eating, and those are even more good things

*OH! And it's monthly budget day, which means after I do that, it's officially next month (financially, lol) -- time to start daydreaming about March purchases!

The cat decided getting up at 6 am was a VITAL part of the day, which -- fair. She's put up with being alone overnight for the past two nights, so she should get to decide when she gets attention (and breakfast). But I could probably have used another few hours of sleep. However! The day has begun, and there's lots of things I want to do today!

*I have brand new coffee that arrived while we were away! I'm planning to try it with my lunch.

*AHAHAHA so much unpacking to do. So far it's going okay? I think?

*Definitely some extra stretching after all that walking with a backpack the last few days. My calves! My shoulders!

*cold brew coffee talenti

*research for our September hiking trip

*cats

*No mail is cool, except that it means my delicious coffee shipment won't arrive until Wednesday. Which would also be cool, except that it was supposed to arrive yesterday, and now I'm all grumpy that it's off schedule.

*If I had ever entertained the thought that I could handle living somewhere rainforest-y (haha I have not, I know myself that well, at least), recent weather would certainly have convinced me otherwise. It's so humid I want to cry. How can I feel stiflingly hot and also uncomfortably chilled at the same time??? I just want to breathe some fresh air and have my headache go away!

*Despite the weather, it is holiday party day! Big plans today: Grocery store! Crafting! Takeout! Star Trek!

*Crafting? Crafting! That's me, jumping on the paracord bracelet trend (many) years later, with a kids craft kit. (It has glowing whistle buckles! Everything's in one neat little box! Kids craft kits are great, and they just let anyone buy them!)

*Star Trek! Episode 3 tonight, woohoo!

It's sort of snowing (sleeting, whatever), and there's some snow on the ground, so I think we can just go ahead and call this a snow day. Yay!!!

Things I'm excited about on this snow day:

*I got a new cardboard house for the cat, because I am absolutely that person who buys increasingly ridiculous cat things just for the fun of it. Some assembly required, so it's also an enrichment activity for me! I was planning to wait until Friday to put it together, but today would be fun too.

*Coffee! It's the little things. (Especially the little things that are delicious and caffeinated.)

*Even though I'll be working, I'll have my extra soft fleecy blanket for my lap and my toasty toes foot heater, so it should be a pretty cozy day!