Old-fashioned T-ramble

Got the idea that today might be a good day to re-invent a "ramble" since this blog's URL implies I'm a man that does that. Not that I have a great deal to say, or that anything profound has happened, just feel like it, ya know?

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In case you're wondering... no, the contents of the mug that I'm saying, "Cheers!" with has no alcoholic beverage in it, just decaffeinated coffee. There's no good reason that I switched to decaf, other than I noticed a couple of weeks ago that my mornings went just as well (perkily?) whether I started with coffee or didn't. So I thought, "Well, let's see if drinking decaf w/o sugar confirms that I don't need caffeine". The reason for the non-sugar route is/was to find out if I had to pee less frequently, assuming it was mostly the sugar in my coffee that precipitated the frequency, not the sheer amount (1 8-cup carafe). I think the amount of trips to the bathroom has gone down. Could be due to not drinking the 'cups' as quickly. Thinking about it, I think the urgency before the bathroom trips has diminished as well. Hmm. I had switched to 'instant' coffee packets several weeks ago because I wanted to reduce the amount of cups of Java I was consuming. Then I decided to do 'decaf' but the boxes of packets sold were only in boxes of 8 packs vs. 16 in the regular. AND they didn't have any other flavor other than 'regular' decaf, so we got a special, already ground bag of decaf to save money. Been making morning pots the last couple of weeks. As for the strength of my coffee, right now it's really weak (1/8 cup to brew 8 cups). I was doing 2 scoops of the 1/8 cup but without sugar it was too bitter. I'm now contemplating adding at least a third of a cup of sugar per pot/carafe and upping the coffee amount back to 2 scoops so it tastes like coffee rather than 'coffee flavored water'. Eww. LOL.

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My almost 18 year old daughter will be graduating Cosmetology College in a couple of months, actually about a month and a half. And before you know it she'll have a good job. Then she'll probably start dating more, going out 'on the town' sometimes , moving to her own place, and discovering all that life has to offer. And she's got big plans! Scary for me, but I suppose it was bound to happen sooner or later. *happy sigh* We're so proud, seriously proud! Her instructor sent her home with a note asking us if she has lined up any places to work because "a lot of clients want to know where she'll be so they can follow her". Aww. *teary eyes* So that's going to be an important project we'll be embarking on: going to various hair salons and seeing who's going to need an awesome cosmetologist named Angelica.

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I've kind of ran out of writing umph, so I'm going to let you get back to your regularly scheduled weekend O fun. Not sure what I'll be doing today. Perhaps some using of the weed-eater and/or riding mower. Tomorrow the same, other than watching an NBA semi-final game of the last two series before the Championship series. Peace Out!

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