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So... unsolicited advice. I have been looking for a way to get better sleep and wake up not-groggy. I've tried different supplements and an allergy pill that also helps sleep/anxiety in some people that was Rx by my Dr.

This last week I've been using Relaxium SleepQuick and Calm gummies and I am pleased with the quality and length of sleep I'm getting. I take 'em at least 30min before bed. I get sleepy but not sedated. I brush and get ready for bed, climb in, try to read and find my eyes slipping closed so I turn off the light and settle in, and drop off almost immediately. I wake up in the night if I need to (thank you bladder) and get right back to sleep. I wake up feeling, if not refreshed exactly, like I slept enough and I wake up without grogginess.

Recommend at least 8/10, maybe as much as 10/10.
$0.02.

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So far! I might experiment by NOT taking them for a week, see if I get the same results or what, but...

but hey!

Yeah!

tea!

Yep. Not ideal but quicker than coffee, so it's the first go every morning

coffee comes later

what method do you use to brew? I am a keurig heathen, so it is sacrilege, but fast

Pour over

Grind fresh beans, weigh out grams, heat water in gooseneck kettle to precise temp, slowly pour

pourover

mmmm

At work, I have an ancient 12-cup coffeemate drip machine, which is clearly classier than my keurig

I also have a deep fondness for gas station coffee

I do like drip coffee if it's decent enough, and will drink cup after cup (or would at the office, when we had an office)

I cannot abide cheap coffee though 🙂

But, I drink it black. With cream and sugar, perhaps, it could possibly be palatable

I do a French press for both coffee and tea. I have two sizes, depending on needs.

I drink the coffee black, and black tea with cream and sugar. I have an AMAZING tea brand, though. Like... FULL LEAVES of tea.

I wish I liked French Press, but the extraction is too.... murky for me. It would certainly save time

15/10, Recommend.

I have fancy full leaf tea in little pearls from Taiwan. It was SHOCKING to see how those unfurled the first time I made it.

But for mornings, first thing I just pop a Twinings Earl Grey

(Tea, Earl Grey, Hot)

We are also doing sun tea this summer with lemon and simple syrup. Thing2 enjoys making and drinking.

it's not great, but it's hot and fast

see, I'm the opposite. Coffee with cream & sugar, but I want my tea plain

sometimes a bit of lemon & honey, esp if I am sick

tea is black, coffee is black

BLACK LIKE THE MOONLESS NIGHT

BLACK LIKE YOUR SOOOOOUUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLL

goth

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Meeting!

Hello

How are you, Shady?

Mm. Ok. Getting house projects done and jobs applied to.

Hope more good news comes your way!

I know you aren't in the Scarsdale chat, but there was something of a Dream Dance there on thhe 4th, the Chysalid got saved by Tziporah the Eshu but then taken (to hide) at Bergen. This means the Uncles probably have a BUTTLOAD of glamour and chimera leavings to use for their projects though. 😉

Which, if Rahne appears, hopefully means Kerri

or Brekke

hm

Yes. I'm guessing Rahne is busy these days

re: Scarsdale - that's why I recommend not leaving chats. You can always mute them so they don't light up for you.