So true ...

I was sitting with some friends, chatting over coffee and knitting, when the conversation turned to cooking.  I don’t like cooking.  Lots of effort to cook something that takes 5 minutes to eat.  It just doesn’t seem to be a good use of time.  I detailed how I hate to touch raw meat and I shiver in the presence of sharp knives.  Especially big ones.

There is nothing in my childhood, or adult years, to explain it.  I never fell into a vat of raw meat.  I never cut myself on a knife.

I really don’t like knives.  If you want to scare me, pull out a knife.  Only got a gun?  Meh.  I’ll wander off and make some tea.

Anywho, I digress …

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How much is too much?

I have always drunk a lot of tea – in a typical day, maybe 8 pints of black tea with fat-free milk.  Yes, 8 pints.  I really like tea.

Every year, at my annual physical, I get told to cut back.  I have never paid any attention to such an outrageous request!  I don’t like to drink water, never liked soda/fizzy drinks (Champagne excepted!) and will drink coffee when Typhoo is not available. Typhoo is expensive in the USA – if you can find it.  My Mum sends me large tea parcels several times a year to keep me going.  Thanks Mum!  I have always firmly believed that caffeine has no effect on me.  Oh, I get withdrawal headaches if I miss a cup here and there, but that’s about it … or so I thought.

I have been “at leisure” recently and, consequently, my tea consumption has dropped as I have no real routine.  Routines are good, but there is something (well, quite a lot actually) to be said for waking up without an alarm clock and planning the day on the fly.

For as long as I can remember, it has taken me 2 hours to fall asleep at night.  I never fall asleep in front of the TV.  I am not a morning person.  At times, I am not much of an afternoon person either.

Anywho, I digress …

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