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Two weeks ago I, along with the rest of the family, was laid low by a thorough stomach flu. I couldn't keep down my coffee, so I went (or rather slept) without, and subsequently got a withdrawal headache on top of already not feeling very well. Now as is my habit, immediately vowed everlasting enmity to the traitor, coffee.
Problem is, now that I'm back at work, I find myself not quite over it. It was easy at home, where nobody aside from me partook! Everyone's drinking coffee at the office. All the time. Breaks are spend on a hajj to the cafeteria. Lunches in the office are concluded with communal coffee consumption. Everything smells of coffee, I now realize. The coffee is free, dammit! Gratis!
Please give me reasons to stick to my crusade against the cursed bean. Lend me moral support. God knows I need it in this darkest of hours.
Sorry, nothing useful to add. My pre-sunrise walk with a cup of coffee is pretty much the highlight of the day and everything goes wrong after that.
Tell me more about that walk.
I wake up at an absurdly early hour, get my cold brew, and walk around a park near my house. It's roughly a mile. I do this daily and year-round except in pouring rain. I sip coffee while looking at the stars and, if the moon isn't too bright, the milky way. I saw a vivid shooting star this morning. I usually don't see more than one other person, if that (the other early bird lunatic in my neighborhood). I have a flashlight so I can spot troublesome wildlife in the really dark spots (stupid skunks). Aside from some great horned owls hooting away, it is usually quite silent. I get to savor my coffee while being the only person in the world. No one is bothering me to do something, I don't need to make small talk, I don't have to carry or look at my phone, and I don't have to get anything done. It's the best part of my day.
[the second-best part is my lifting or running, which follows this walk. Everything is unpleasantly downhill after that.]
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