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Almost the weekend for most of us.

Actually the weekend for me, since I'm only allowed to work limited hours and only had 4.5 left to work this morning...

And since then, it's been... very meh. I cleaned and rearranged my sick bunny's area because I think he's gotten the idea that he's supposed to use the puppy training pads since he can't get in and out of the litterbox very well. Made myself go for a walk around the trails despite feeling pretty weak and dizzy, and took pics of lots of lovely flowering things. And then I was an idiot and put too much peppermint oil in my coffee and my esophagus has been cramping up in agony ever since so I really didn't do anything else. :P

Peppermint oil in coffee? I've never heard of this before. I'll have to try this. (Best wishes for sick bunny.)

Make sure it’s food-grade and not the kind that’s sold for aromatherapy. Essential oils are unregulated and not meant for human consumption.

Ah yes, that too. I should have added that to my warnings below. (Food grade was really hard to find near me too, I wound up having to go to Amazon and I loathe Amazon.)

I should have prefaced that with a few warnings actually:

- DO NOT do this with hot coffee. The stuff evaporates and the smell will make you choke as you lift the cup to your lips. I almost always drink iced coffee - when I don't, I use MAYBE a drop or two of peppermint extract, but even that can get you when it's really hot.

- If you do use peppermint oil in a drink, one drop is enough for an entire cup. Actually more than enough. I tend to drizzle a little of it down the side of the mug and even that is near overpowering - I just put up with it because my gut issues are nasty and often coffee + peppermint is the only thing I can drink that doesn't make me feel nauseated. I use it more as a therapeutic than as something tasty. I have heard that some people will just stick a toothpick or something similar into the oil, and then stir the coffee with it, and that is enough.

- They do make peppermint syrup you can put in coffee without these concerns - I like Torani's - but like I said, I have been using this more like medicine than like a treat, so it's not strong enough. Delicious, just doesn't have the desired effect. ;)

And regarding the sick bunny, thanks. He's doing so much better than he was a few weeks ago, but definitely not back to form (and probably never will be, but if this is his new normal we will make it work).

I assumed you meant the kind of peppermint flavoured liquid that's sold in the bakery isle in grocery stores. Like just for the taste. But thanks for the warnings :)

Bunny is lucky to have an owner like you.

Hah yes, that's probably peppermint extract, and that is a LOT less troublesome and comes with less warnings (though the evaporation when the coffee is hot can still cause fumes that hurt your eyes) - just it didn't seem to be doing enough for me so I tried pulling out the big guns. Peppermint and coffee is definitely a good combo in my book though - stems from my old days when I worked third shift at a gas station and we had seasonal coffees... I found I really liked "candy cane mocha". :D

And thanks - I consider myself lucky and privileged to have my bunnies. =)

It is incredibly hot. I got my new masks and contacts in the mail so happy about that. I am currently stressing the hell out that they might shut down DC again before our vacation. DC isn't having many cases (and almost no deaths) but they seem to have a hair trigger for mandating thing.

Also, I bought the new Samsung watch. D: I hope I don't regret it.

Edited 2021-08-13 00:02 (UTC)

I work Sun-Thurs, so, pizza and beer time!

Sounds excellent. I've been considering getting myself a beer on Friday for a job well done.

Do it!

Im $900 poorer but my ducts are now clean of what was probably decades of dust, plus the dryer vent got cleaned, too.

Sucks to spend the money but it'll probably be a huge improvement!

Busy but good. I wrote the first post for the new blog for our work website, worked on several cases, listened to a CLE video during lunch, met with a couple new clients, and prepared for a couple meetings that are first thing tomorrow.

Now I'm sitting in bed reading, going to go to sleep soon.

Kinda okay. The second day of of school was less of a cluster fuck than the first day. I hope that tomorrow is even less of a shit fest and so on until we fall into a routine.

Walked to the neighborhood farmers market, got dinner from a grilled cheese specialized food truck, pre-ordered a hobbit themed 3D printed coke-can-cozy, and crashed asleep at 7pm.

Best day ever.

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