or Earl Grey, hot?
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Sorry, no. Iced and sweet.
My mom used to do an iced tea that was a 50/50 blend of Constant Comment and Lipton (tasty, I remember), and the tradition stuck with me, though my preference is 100% Earl Grey.
Still, on my budget, little pleasures like this are important.
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The tea that judges you.
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Iāll be the first to admit itās a shame I do not make it so.
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Tea! Of the FUTURE!
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I GOT MY SETTLEMENT CHECK! ITāS GONNA BE A PITTANCE AFTER I PAY BACK SOME FOLKS, BUT ITāS A PITTANCE I DIDNāT HAVE YESTERDAY!!!
In December 2017, I was forced to leave my job at the craft store due to the bi-lateral carpal tunnel syndrome I developed there from lifting too many heavy things w/out proper equipment; I didnāt find another job until August 2018.
The checkās for $3,686.00 I owe my old weed dealer $300 (if heās even going to talk to me) and my musical partner more than I could ever pay back, but heās gonna get $1500. Thatāll leave me with $1,886. So maybe not a pittance.
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Very happy to hear this! Great news!
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What kind of music?
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And sometimesā¦
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Nice.
And a little weird, because I woke up today with that song on my mind.
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On this date 30 years ago, my son and I experienced our first day without alcoholic beverages. Yep, this was before the fetal-alcohol syndrome studies came outā¦like six months, LOL! I drank perhaps the alcoholic equivalent of a case of beer during my pregnancy (which was 10 months). And when he and I were to be discharged from the hospital, I asked the nurse about drinking - all Iād had was IV drugs and some Tylenol-3s or 4s - she said, āOh yeah, beerās good for your milk!ā
(Yes, Iām aware that my drinking may or maynāt have begot my sonās problems, but when I look at my family history, I think eccentricity. aka ASDs, runs in the family on both mine and his dadās sides, lol.)
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Congratulations!
Your post made me look up āThe Broken Cordā, because I thought I read it in college, which would have been quite a bit more than 30 years ago, but I see that it was published when you say (1989).
That was the book that made me realize that a brother I grew up with probably had FAS.
Youāve done a good thing for yourself and your son, to deal with that demon so long ago.
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1 case = 24 bottles of beer? At like what, 4.5%?
So less than one a week? Thatās below the UK guidelines (kind of, they are in dispute):
A standard size bottle of American beer will come in at 1 UK āalcohol unitā or less.
I donāt think you need to feel guilty about one caseās worth stretched over a whole pregnancy.
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I drank pina coladas and margaritas - the bar my 1st-ex-husband-father-of-my-son and I patronized had just gotten a machine that made them like Slurpees, lol.
Now remembering how many I had over the course of a weekā¦I honestly canāt. Maybe it was the equivalent of two or three cases. I do remember them tasting really good and going down smoothly. I do remember thinking that the fruit juice at least didnāt do me and the fetus any harm, lol.
I used to, but then I realized that it doesnāt change the way he is, and itās a waste of energy that could be directed elsewhere.
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Iāve so far managed to:
Pay back my dealer; pay back my musical partner; help a friend start a biz; buy food with money, not my MI bridge card; pay bills, both not- and over-due; buy some THC and CBD products (they help my son with his pain, the CBD; THC, he says, āragdolls meā); pay some money toward property taxes; buy a new vacuum cleaner; put money INTO (instead of taking out of, lol) my Paypal account; and pay for shipping on a ānewā/refurbished phone (itās been a year since I got my old one, actually 14 mos., so Iām eligible for a free replacement).
And I STILL HAVE MONEY LEFT ZOMG! Now Iām trying to figure out a cheap getaway so I can have a change-of-scenery that would no doubt have a positive effect on my mental health. Any suggestions?
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Does Amtrak stop near your town?
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I am never not going to recommend a hike through the woods.
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