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After having migraines/bad headaches all week, it occurred to me that I might have been sleeping funky, so I attempted to change that last night. So far, so good. Although I've had week long migraines before, so it could be they've just naturally passed. WHO KNOWS.
I will keep sleeping in the non-funky way, and see how things go.
So because I've had headaches all week, I haven't been doing very much, I say, having collated my mum's diaries, and rearranged mine so they can all go in the same box, among other things.
There is, in total, 116 of her diaries and commonplace books (mostly diaries, though). I do not know if this is all of them because she was a prolific diary writer, and she also wrote diary entries in notepads (presumably because that was what she had to hand at the time). I also don't know at what age she started keeping a diary - the earliest I've found so far is 1974, although I think there's earlier than that, because I'm p sure she wrote about the boyfriend she had before she met my dad.
I, compared, to my mother, am very much not prolific, unless you count this last year, in which I filled five diaries, and wrote almost every day. (I managed from February to August without a break, but then I was ill for a few days, which meant I didn't want to write. Since then, I've taken breaks and not chastised myself for it, as this is the most I've ever written in any diary format, ever).
I have also reclaimed some older notebooks that I haven't used in ages, like ones I was writing stories in that I haven't touched in over three years.
I think if I do start writing again, I'm going to go back to file paper. I only started using a notebook because published authors were like, "this is how I do it!" and I was all, "I have all these notebooks lying around that I'm not using!" and so...except it turned out more inconvenient than anything for me. This was partly down to having specific notebooks for specific stories except that, if my story went nowhere, then that was an entire notebook claimed. Whereas if I'm using file paper and it goes nowhere, no biggie. Not that I've been writing any fiction recently, but there we are.
(Shoutout to that person on the notebook subreddit years ago who said you should cut pages out of used notebooks rather than tearing them so it doesn't destroy the binding).
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In other news, a small handful of small tea reviews!
Lidl Sleepwell: this is nice, but it makes me feel extremely groggy the next day after drinking it in the evening. I think it's the chamomile. Also it has lavender in it, which is a bit of an acquired taste (and I know some people don't like it - a friend of my mum's used to say she thought it smelt medicinal and thus was put off).
Lidl Mixed Berry: this is also nice, but it has chicory root in it, which I don't like (one of the reasons I can't drink coffee substitutes). I also think it may have contributed to some headaches, so am avoiding it for the time being.
Lidl Deluxe Superfruits: this is a mixed berry which doesn't have chicory in! And while it's more expensive (15 bags per box versus 40), I think it's nicer? It tastes really fruity when it brews for a long time (5 min+) and I really like it.
I also got some more of the green Rooibos and peach, which I haven't seen for ages for some reason*. The last box I had didn't seem as nice as the first box, so I'm going to see how I feel about it again. I also have a box of just Rooibos on its own, but I'm scared to open it in case I don't like it (which is daft, because I know I will?? I can't imagine green Rooibos tastes that different from normal Rooibos, right?)
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*I mean, the current circumstances means not going out much, and working in an entirely different town that doesn't have a Lidl in the centre of town is probably the reason.
I will keep sleeping in the non-funky way, and see how things go.
So because I've had headaches all week, I haven't been doing very much, I say, having collated my mum's diaries, and rearranged mine so they can all go in the same box, among other things.
There is, in total, 116 of her diaries and commonplace books (mostly diaries, though). I do not know if this is all of them because she was a prolific diary writer, and she also wrote diary entries in notepads (presumably because that was what she had to hand at the time). I also don't know at what age she started keeping a diary - the earliest I've found so far is 1974, although I think there's earlier than that, because I'm p sure she wrote about the boyfriend she had before she met my dad.
I, compared, to my mother, am very much not prolific, unless you count this last year, in which I filled five diaries, and wrote almost every day. (I managed from February to August without a break, but then I was ill for a few days, which meant I didn't want to write. Since then, I've taken breaks and not chastised myself for it, as this is the most I've ever written in any diary format, ever).
I have also reclaimed some older notebooks that I haven't used in ages, like ones I was writing stories in that I haven't touched in over three years.
I think if I do start writing again, I'm going to go back to file paper. I only started using a notebook because published authors were like, "this is how I do it!" and I was all, "I have all these notebooks lying around that I'm not using!" and so...except it turned out more inconvenient than anything for me. This was partly down to having specific notebooks for specific stories except that, if my story went nowhere, then that was an entire notebook claimed. Whereas if I'm using file paper and it goes nowhere, no biggie. Not that I've been writing any fiction recently, but there we are.
(Shoutout to that person on the notebook subreddit years ago who said you should cut pages out of used notebooks rather than tearing them so it doesn't destroy the binding).
~
In other news, a small handful of small tea reviews!
Lidl Sleepwell: this is nice, but it makes me feel extremely groggy the next day after drinking it in the evening. I think it's the chamomile. Also it has lavender in it, which is a bit of an acquired taste (and I know some people don't like it - a friend of my mum's used to say she thought it smelt medicinal and thus was put off).
Lidl Mixed Berry: this is also nice, but it has chicory root in it, which I don't like (one of the reasons I can't drink coffee substitutes). I also think it may have contributed to some headaches, so am avoiding it for the time being.
Lidl Deluxe Superfruits: this is a mixed berry which doesn't have chicory in! And while it's more expensive (15 bags per box versus 40), I think it's nicer? It tastes really fruity when it brews for a long time (5 min+) and I really like it.
I also got some more of the green Rooibos and peach, which I haven't seen for ages for some reason*. The last box I had didn't seem as nice as the first box, so I'm going to see how I feel about it again. I also have a box of just Rooibos on its own, but I'm scared to open it in case I don't like it (which is daft, because I know I will?? I can't imagine green Rooibos tastes that different from normal Rooibos, right?)
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*I mean, the current circumstances means not going out much, and working in an entirely different town that doesn't have a Lidl in the centre of town is probably the reason.