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[Hopalong]

Astonishing how people act our their misery by trying to make others just as miserable as they are. So sorry you have to endure that to make your living, Boat.

Hope one day some window will open that may lead you to a different, more humane job. You deserve it.

Meanwhile, bless that customer who was kind and expressed his thanks to you. What a difference that can make.

hugs
Hops

[Meh]

Garbanzo was here, for some reason thought I should come put up a sign of life. Too tired to write or read anything though. Hope all is well. 

[Meh]

G-A-R-B-A-N-Z-O  was here boo

[Hopalong]

BOO baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

 

[Meh]

I'm glad this board exists. Maybe it makes me feel more normal to read other's problems. Even though we don't have the exact same problems it's all people dealing with some painful situations. Not saying that anybody here should have the family problems they cope with. To use an over used word validation. Coming here gives me validation that "The Struggle is Real" to quote one of my co-workers who probably got the saying from a movie.

Life is hard isn't it. What to prioritize. If I think too hard or look at my life too clearly I feel sad or embarrassed of myself and afraid of where I am at in life. I spend a lot of time just kind of getting through the day.

Again I miss reading but I think I have given myself major eye strain.

[Meh]

Nothing important to write about.

Been feeling anxiety recently but that isn't new. While walking home a simple saying came to me Hope for the best and plan for the worst.

I find a lot of times I Fear for the worst and stumble at planning or having the hope part. Fear turns into avoidance. or maybe it's depression who knows

The fear is more real than the hope part. Honestly I wish I could stop worrying for a while.


http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/25/us/nj-father-children-jumper/

[Meh]

I wonder if I should visit my father because of thanksgiving. Generally I haven't kept contact with him for over 10 years, only talked to him a handful of times. When does the obligation to parents ever end, they seem to pick when their obligation ends.

The thought of it stresses me out.

When I needed help I couldn't expect anything from my family, doesn't that make them not family.

[Meh]

I think I had the best nap of the year today, was sent home early from work due to technical problems.

[Hopalong]

I'm glad. A deep nap is a beautiful thing!

zzzzzzzzzz

Hops

[Meh]

Made pre-packaged turkey in a box, seemed decent was pricey. Smelled like burnt rubber. Tasted just okay.

Listening to rain, shoes are drying on a heater vent.

Watching a movie on Netflix.

Face is red from drinking a beer.

I have three days off of work.

Surrounded by a mess of things that never get put away because I just don't have enough room, it always comes undone.

[Meh]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sylvia_Likens

[Hopalong]

Rain + Netflix + beer + days off = sounds good
Depression + Likens murder + overwhelmed by stuff/space = sounds bad.

I count 4 good, 3 bad = balance good

hugs
Hops

[Meh]

Just made a tumeric horchata type thing as an experiment.

Whole organic milk  heated two mins, microwave put some bakers type vanilla extract into it

This stuff mixed together cold with some cold milk

tumeric, some unmeasured about half a tea spoon or more

too much maple syrup

bit of cinnamon

Dumped the cold stuff into the hot milk

I think it's pretty tasty

Unintelligible recipe writer

Oh but now I just read there are side effects of taking too much turmeric. There is always some side effect to almost everything but drinking water which reminds me I should probably drink some. 

"According to the medical community, about 2,000mg is the maximum amount of standardized turmeric curcumin you should take per day. When cooking with ground turmeric powder, the University of Maryland recommends 1 to 3 grams per day. One gram of ground turmeric powder is about ½ teaspoon."

[Hopalong]

Then you took just the right amount. That's good stuff!
I did a big read on turmeric sourcing at one point and ordered like 8 jars from The Spice Hunter.
Now I gotta go look up horchata...

The old gentleman I'm helping take care of was married to a Venezuelan woman. I'm wondering if working up some simple Venezuelan recipes would perk up his appetite. One of my goals is to get his weight up for a valve replacement and it's touch and go. I'll ask him today. He's very opinionated so I know he'll tell me!

xo
Hops

[Meh]

Hiya Hops,

Word to the wise causes gas, don't eat it before work. I think it helped clear up my skin a bit as I woke up the next morning with good skin, it really is an anti-inflammatory.

Horchata is just a mexican milk drink that has cinnamon and sweetener in it.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/141828/lolas-horchata/

When I make warm milk with sugar and cinnamon I call it horchata but in reality it's not a perfect match. I only had the real deal once in central America. It tastes different there.


Gosh that sounds like important work Hops. I wonder if it's okay to give him something that is a natural appetite stimulant.

I'm a piglet. I love food. It's one of life's most justifiable luxuries in my opinion. Because food is never really a luxury assuming that our bodies might get sustenance out of it somehow.

No clue what Venezuelan food is like, now I have to google it.