I would do that, but called it Turkish coffee. Get it ground that way.

I would absolutely be on the lick things team. I use my mouth as a tool all the time.

This post sounds incredibly weird.

I figured out how to reverse and chart Morse code and now I knit secret messages for people when I make them things.

I really like that! I agree with the other commenters here that to me it feels really hollow when we’re not doing anything to back it up. This though feels meaningful. I’m going to run this by my team for our future classes. Thanks!

Edit: I realized I didn’t answer your question. Generally it’s along the lines of “we are gathered here on the traditional lands of the Snuneymuxw people. We are fortunate to live, work, and play in these lands.” It varies and people add their own bits in, but that’s what I hear mostly. Maybe I like what y’all say better because it leaves us right out, we’ve butted in enough, this is about the First Nations.

Decorating the tree. We have ornaments from friends and family that have passed, places we’ve travelled to or lived, ones our daughter made, ones I made when I was a kid, really old ones from my parents trees when they were kids, beautiful handmade ones from friends. As we unwrap them and put them on the tree I get to think about all those memories and people I love. That is the spirit of Christmas to me.

We actually decorated the tree last night and later as I was trying to sleep (thanks insomnia!) I was thinking about all the people that I love that I can’t see now. Either from distance or political reasons, or they’ve passed on. It was sad but I also felt so loved and lucky that I had/have them in my life. I so so so hope that the US gets its shit together, a lot of my heart is scattered around down there.

Yessssss!! I can hopefully get my work to ditch Adobe!!

Hahahah… I have like 1200 hours and four different characters in Skyrim. Still haven’t finished it. The only game I’ve actually “finished” is AC Valhalla. And I’m now going back and doing all the DLCs.

lol, I like that way of explaining it. My boss and I had a chat once about how our brains work. She said hers is like a parking lot, she can just park an idea and then come back to it when she wants. I said mine is more like a malfunctioning bag of holding. All the info goes in but when you reach in to grab it most of the time it’s not at all what you went in for.

Not really. I only drink twinning earl grey, have a kettle on the stove all the time (most of the time with enough water in it already), and use the same mug all week. I’ve streamlined it so I don’t have to make any of those decisions. So more like

1. Put water in kettle
2. turn on stove
3. grab tea bag from jar in front of my face
4. put bag in cup already on counter
5. smoke
6. hear loud af whistle, come inside
7. pour water
8. Forget tea for a bit
9. take out bag and drink

I feel like this all the time. Which is why I drink tea.

1. Boil water (optional if desperate)
2. Put tea bag in cup
3. Pour water in cup

Drink

Edit: I would drink a nice instant, but coffee makes me jittery anyways so tea is the way for me. I do have a nice instant coffee, but I only have a cup a few times a year.

Yup. I work at a trade school and we have a waitlist for this year in both of our locations.

Yup. They got me back to functioning, basically where I was before the breakdown. But I feel like now that I know that I’ve always been living in hard mode, that it could be better. Unfortunately I don’t have a dr, but I do have a kinda telehealth dr who’s been lovely so I’m going to broach looking at different meds. I’ve waited a year so she doesn’t think I’m looking for drugs, but has been receptive to me mentioning that I’d like a change.

Oh hey, me too! Good times eh? I finally feel like I’ve balanced out a bit with getting on ADHD meds, my brain works again.

That’s exactly what I was thinking! Going to save it for my daughter’s games.

I will forget as I’m immediately getting the pen and paper to write it down. Happens way too often.

Well, we’ve got to cut rounds and split wood for the winter. Shut down is coming soon and if we don’t get it done in time then it’s at least September before we can run gas engines again. We have six trees that came down this winter and last so at least they’re at our level. I’ve got to finish up an outline, worksheet, and slides for a class I’m teaching on Monday, and I haven’t really started tbh. Then visit a friend for the last time in palliative care Sunday night. Just came from there, was good to see her if even for 5 mins. Somewhere in there I have to deal with my estranged dad and brother too. It’s been a hell of a week.

Tonight though, I’m putting comfy pants on and playing divinity 2 with my husband.

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There’s some really great suggestions here, I’ll add a few as well. I’ll start with some newer stuff, will be piano and organ heavy, but that’s what my husband plays so we tend to listen to that a lot. You should use this as a good way to meet your neighbours! Pop over and ask what they’re playing. Enjoy exploring the world of jazz, its mighty fun :)

The Bad Plus

GoGo Penguin

Bill Laurance

EST (Esbjörn Svensson Trio)

Bill Frisell (more guitar, has a bit of bluegrass. Blues Dream is one of my all time favourite albums)

Billie Holiday (really can’t go wrong with anything from her)

Dave Brubeck- Take Five (classic album)

Kieth Jarrett- Koln Concert (another fav)

Etta James - At Last (her voice! Amazing!)

I’ll probably be back to add some more haha.

Edit - thanks for the rec with the Spotify link! Really liking that.

Edit 2 - my husband suggested Mark Farina - Mushroom Jazz, def more in the realm of beats.

I don’t know how to explain it, but you can feel the difference. If it’s lost, you know it, but if you’ve misplaced it, it still feels nearby.

Affinity!! I’m trying to get my work to switch over. We only use InDesign, Illustrator, and acrobat so could be an easy switch, but it’s the acrobat part that’s the hard one.