Today’s coffee date is more of a nightcap. It is dark outside. The weekend is almost over, the new week is looming. We meet for a night walk around the neighborhood with some hot steaming herb tea. It won’t be a long meeting today but we catch up quickly.
If you and I had coffee…
…I complain about my recent Monday of all Mondays. It started with waking up and the husband telling me that the heating is down and we don’t have warm water. Great. Then I called the landlord who was very weird and unfriendly. After that I had to do taxes. And I discovered that there are still bugs in my accounting software. I have been having issues with it for 5 weeks and struggled with support. So I sent them a frustrated email. Only to discover 30 min later another bug – which resulted in me sending out wrong invoices (I had earned more!) Sigh. So another email went their way. Then I checked my bank account only to discover I had missed canceling the travel insurance I solely had because of the Arctic trip. I knew I needed to cancel that but had thought I had to do it in November. Nope they shared on October 30th. 200€ down the drain. So yeah, it was going great. Time for lunch… when I opened the fridge the cream cheese tumbled down and spread itself all over the floor. By then I was crying and yelling. After lunch the husband and I took a 30 min walk and I felt so much better. Only to discover that I had stepped in dog poop. Seriously? I figured the day is shit anyways so I tackled a few more accounting stuff that I had been putting off since April. No fun. And then when I made dinner I dropped the potatoes. As I said this Monday was really mondaying.
If you and I had coffee…
…I tell you about this Friday’s Date Day. We traveled to Leipzig (approx. 200km away). My cousin and godchild (she is in her 30th) invited us to a live audio drama. She is a voice actor/performer and she has formed a small ensemble and they created an audio drama from a modern fairy tale. It played in a deserted garden and two siblings who explored. This whole performance included three voice artists and a sound artist. So the whole thing was acted out and accompanied with sounds and music. It was so so entertaining. It was at time hard to follow the story because it was so much fun watching the actors and the sound guy and seeing how they created the sounds and voices. Like they had a technique where the mimicked reverb. One person would start whispering the text then came the main speaker and the third would slightly repeat after the speaker so it was three voices. It is really hard to describe. It was really great experience.
To make this whole day even better we had an amazing steak dinner beforehand. It’s been one of the best meals I had in a long time and was worth every penny.
If you and I had coffee…
…I asked how far you are into Christmas preparations. I really really look forward to Christmas and I want to just sit down and craft and think about cute Christmas stuff and read novels and start watching movies. I want everything to smell like cinnamon. I have so many plans and ideas and time is already slipping through my fingers. I have not yet thought much about Christmas presents, but since I had been at the workshop with my dad I basically have made one present for everyone already. That takes a bit of pressure off. But there is still a lot of presents to think of. And I have no book idea for my godchildren yet. There is one escape room book I am thinking about. It should come in from the library every minute now. As long-time readers know I will read all the books I gift beforehand. I guess I need to sit down and make some sort of plan and get a bit more strategic and when to do what.
If you and I had coffee…
…I share that I had a bit of a health scare earlier this month. Nothing life-threatening, but something that was emotionally rough. I still don’t know what is going on. I have an appointment next Friday. I won’t mind some good vibes and prayers. Maybe I feel comfortable sharing at a later point.
If you and I had coffee…
…I happily babble about NaBloPoMo. As every year it is a lot of fun. I am so happy to have new to me blogs and current favorites with wonderful blogposts. I love the comments n my posts and enjoy leaving comments with (almost) everything I read. This is such a special month every year and I really really love it. Thanks to everyone and a specially thank you to San.
We’ve circled the neighborhood streets twice, admired the stars that are out but it is freezing and we hung quickly and then proceeded to head inside to the warmth of a blanket and a hot bath.
What will you tell me over coffee aka tea? Anything you need to rant about? How far are you into Christmas stuff? What kind of tea would you drink?
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Sending you good thoughts for your health! What a Monday that was, oof. I’m having a cup of orange and spice tea and trying to the motivation to put the lights on our tree.
Thank you. An orange and spice tea sounds amazing. Can you buy that or do you make it yourself?
Sending motivational vibes for your tree decorating.