Gratitude for Tea and Books
Hello! Guess what- my headache is gone and I feel much better! Overall I’m adjusting to this diet, but I do have some THOUGHTS on green tea. Let’s count the things I dislike about it: 1) the taste, 2) the aroma, 3) the color (it looks like a urine sample) and 4) the fact that you’re only supposed to heat the water to 175 degrees- I like my tea really hot. But here’s a great reframe- my sister pointed out that I’m lucky I can have any caffeinated tea at all. What if I couldn’t??? That would be so, so sad. So I now refer to my green tea as a “hot cup of caffeine” and when you look at it that way, it’s pretty good. I even brought along my gunpowder tea bags when I went to Barnes and Noble yesterday. I went to the cafe and said “I’ll pay for a grande tea, but I just want the hot water- no tea bags.” The guy gave it to me for free! I thought maybe they would charge for the cup. So I was able to sit in the Barnes and Noble cafe, sipping my hot cup of caffeine. Hey- what’s that notebook?? Oh, that’s Kendra Adachi’s Summer Playbook! After I posted about making my own “poor man’s summer planner” Sarah texted me. She said she has all of the Achachi playbooks that she’s not going to use, and do I want them? YES I DO! She was actually heading my way to shop at REI, so we met up! And I got to see her family! Soooo fun. Which reminds me… as you probably know, Sarah has written a book, Best Laid Plans: A Simple System for Living a Life That You Love, and it’s available for pre-order (details in this post). I don’t really understand how it all works, but I know pre-orders REALLY help an author. So if you think you want to read the book, go ahead and order it asap! It’ll be out in December. Anyway, here’s me filling out my summer playbook: Recurring goals, hopes and dreams for the summer seem to be: sticking to this diet and feeling better, lifting weights consistently, working on my running speed, and doing LOTS OF READING. Coming up next: Birchie and I are doing an “unofficial book club” with this book in June. I’m not going to be posting insightful questions or observations, or leading any discussions (I mean- I’m not Engie!) but we’re both going to read it and discuss as we go along. Let’s call it a “buddy read.” Anyone want to join us? Lastly, I iced some of my gunpowder green tea and put it in a Starbucks cup, just to feel kind of festive: SEE WHAT I MEAN ABOUT THE COLOR??? Okay, I’ll shut up now. My sincere apologies to those who like green tea. Who has read Gone With The Wind? Green tea- yay, or nay? Top photo by freestocks on Unsplash