This morning I…. made COFFEE!
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No, seriously. I know some of you think I can’t function without coffee and normally you’d be right, but we were in dire straits here at Chateau Felidae.
When I first realized, just after Thanksgiving, that I was coming down with something nasty, I dumped the caffeine.  My go-to drink when I’m sick is a non-alcoholic hot toddy (hot water poured over fresh-squeezed citrus juice, honey, and a cinnamon stick), then slowly switching to herbal tea with honey as I feel better.  I know for a fact that this helps the healing, so I was “okay, ride it out, you can survive a few days without your fix, Gilman.”
Besides, it wasn’t like I was getting much writing done, with my head so fogged-in.
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The past few days, as my sinuses sorted themselves out, I’ve been drinking black tea (with honey), gradually bringing up the caffeine levels.
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Today, I’m back to full-strength brewed coffee, and my taste buds are like “oh…we remember THIS!”
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Hopefully this will conclude the testing of LAG’s Cold Management System, and we can get on with life (and deadlines!)….