coffeeadventures

I made a strong pot of French vanilla lavender flavor coffee this morning. I mixed 2 spoonfuls of vanilla cappuccino powder in. Then I added almond milk and 3 squirts of sucralose. It's not sweet enough. But I'm not gonna add more sucralose. I'm thinking maybe it's because the coffee was strong and the cappuccino powder is not sweet. But I'm not gonna waste it. The next time I make coffee I'm gonna make some that will go nicely with some eggnog hot chocolate mix. Maybe some chocolate toffee flavored coffee.

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I decided to do IQ Joe today instead of brewing up some coffee. I'm very low on energy today. So I heated up some water and added a stick of hazelnut IQ Joe and a spoonful of banana nesquik to a paper cup. When the water was done I poured half of a cup of water in the cup and used my frother to mix it up. I poured it in my 40oz bottle and topped it with 3 cups of almond milk. I added 3 squirts of sucralose. So basically I made banana hazelnut coffee. And OMG it blew my mind! It's perfect. The flavors balanced perfectly and it's just sweet enough. I'm a happy puppy.

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I'm currently making a little pot of death by chocolate flavored coffee. I'm gonna mix it with banana flavored nesquik, almond milk and 2 squirts of sucralose. Something tells me this is gonna be awesome.

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I felt good enough to make coffee. I decided to make a big pot of French vanilla lavender flavor coffee cuz it's just so yummy. I put 2 cups of coffee in my bottle and 2 cups of vanilla almond milk plus 3 squirts of sucralose. It's perfect. The flavor of the coffee is very strong and kinda cloying so I purposely diluted it with the milk. Now it's a very gentle floral flavor.

Side note: as I was typing this, pauley brought me a blueberry pancake. She's so sweet.

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I just got a text saying the coffee is out for delivery today. I ordered it last weekend when coffee still brought me joy. I want to get excited. I want to post another #coffeeadventures . But instead I'm just numb.

Transportation was seamless. Got us there about a half hour early. We took the elevator to the 3rd floor and the receptionist asked how she could help me. I said "hi, I have a date with the octopus at 230" and she said we needed to go down to the 2nd floor. So we went down and there was just an elderly lady sitting behind desk. She had a mostly shaved head except for a dark blue poof of hair. She was very nice.

We sat and waited to be called back for the test. While I waited my neuro-ophthalmologists nurse walked down the hall and stopped when she saw us. She smiled from ear to ear and said oh HI Nox and pauley! So we chatted for a few minutes. I mentioned I'm concerned about the exotropia being the cause of my migraine and she said it's very likely. It was nice to see her.

Then we got called back. Now I need to point out id been there for testing over 7 years ago. The doc who took me back was the same as the last time. She took one look at me and said "I remember you!' and she was really nice. We talked about how just over a week ago I was diagnosed with exotropia and how I'm seeing the surgeon next month.

The test was easy. Stare at the dot, click every time I see a dot of light on the sides. I think I did pretty well. I'll find out soon. I experienced some monocular diplopia with my right eye.

When we were done I called my insurance company to activate the will call. They ordered a Lyft and it only took 5 minutes. The drive home was crazy cuz traffic sucks. But as soon as I got home I made a sandwich cuz I hadn't eaten yet. Whoops

I'm really craving coffee. Oh! The company I get my coffee from launched their 4 spring flavors today and they're having a 24 hour 25 percent off sale. I checked them out and got excited about the French vanilla lavender flavor coffee so I ordered a bag. After delivery fee and discount it was $16.16 for a 12 oz bag. The sale is good on everything they sell.

Today has been a pretty good day so far. Pauley just put on the electric kettle so I can make a bottle of IQ Joe. I'm gonna order some cappuccino powder tonight.

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I had to ask pauley what day it was. I thought it was Thursday. But then I saw the bag of peanut butter cookies from yesterday and I remembered. I'm really worried about my memory gaps. It's only been like this since I started taking topomax. I'm forgetting days and I'm forgetting to eat. I got an appointment with my headache specialist on the 11th. Hopefully we can figure something out.

Anywho, I decided to make a bottle of IQ Joe at 7pm. It's simple. Just hot water, IQ Joe, oat milk and 1 squeeze of sucralose. It's really strong. But it tastes good. I'll be up all night. I didn't get to spend time with Pauley today cuz she slept till after 5pm so I hope we can spend some time together now... after she's done washing dishes. She's been in the kitchen washing dishes for about an hour now. She hasn't eaten yet. There's leftovers in the fridge from last night, some yummy chicken.

I had 3 pancakes with cinnamon sugar butter and butter flavored syrup and a can of hearts of palm with ranch dressing for dinner. It was delicious. I eat really weird food.

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I waddled to the bathroom cuz OMG and my right foot was swollen so bad. It's double it's normal size. I'll be able to show my PCP today and try to figure out what to do instead of lasix. I'm gonna try to make time to go back to the hospital for binsons to get compression socks in the next 2 weeks.

I didn't have therapy yesterday cuz my appointment cut into the time. We rescheduled for today at 4pm. I didn't do any journal prompts this time but I did some last time and we didn't go over them. But I'm sure with the cardiologist appointment and my PCP appointment I'll have plenty to talk about. And I'm so burnt out. We'll be fine as far as topics to discuss.

I'm gonna have a bunch of labs done today. Prolactin levels, testosterone, CBC, and A1c at the very least. Originally this appointment was for checking my urine for cultures cuz I had a UTI but I feel better.

I'm so thirsty. My tongue burns. My mouth is dry. I'm craving coffee. Except it's 530am and I can't have coffee right now. Pauley decided to wash dishes and accidentally chipped my starbarks mug.

I'm burping up stomach acid. I ate a little bowl of GF Velveeta Mac and cheese for dinner. It was delicious but it had quite a bit of salt. It's what made my feet swell up.

Today we're gonna place an order for groceries. I already picked what I want. I'm excited about some of the stuff I ordered, like the pork carnitas and the chocolate chip banana waffles and the cod. We're gonna eat the cod Wednesday night. Ooooo and the Dino nuggies are on sale! I ordered 2 boxes! Rawrrr

I've decided I'm awake for the day. I'm having pauley make me a bottle of IQ Joe. It'll help me feel more alert and less foggy. I'll also make a cup of juice when I finish drinking the coffee.

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