My Daily Trip to Starbucks

I'm back at Starbucks, the energy here is much more uplifting than at the bagel shop. It seems like the people who go to the bagel shop go to eat, but here, there are students working on homework, people catching up with old friends, others surfing the Internet, it's just a real mix of people. It makes for a more stimulating environment, so I rather like it!

I understand Friday is when they're expecting a lot of snow, at least that's what the nurse said this morning. The forecast calls for snow each day, but probably like today just little flurries, nothing terribly substantial, I'll have to watch the news to see what they expect Friday! I wonder if it will be like that storm w had a couple weeks ago - that was a mess! That's one up side to not being able to drive :-) I don't have to drive in the snow! See every cloud has a silver lining!

I'm feeling much better the last couple of days. Soaking in Epsom salts really helps the achy joints (side effect of chemotherapy) and I'm working on the fatigue, I have to find a balance between just giving in to it and staying in bed all day and pushing myself too much and overdoing it! Staying in bed too long gets you down, so that's not good, but I do need my rest, so I'm trying to find the balance. That's not exactly my strong suit, but I'm working on it and getting better at it - so I'm making progress! Watching Christmas movies is a good compromise, it's not just vegetating in bed, but it doesn't require a lot of energy. I'm curious what's on tonight, apparently there is no such thing as a TV guide other than if you have the paper delivered to your home. So watching TV is not something you can plan out, because who knows what's Ginger to be on. I'm beginning to get use to it, actually this is a very good exercise for me, because when I use to watch TV I would go through the TV guide on Sunday and figure out what wanted to watch for the entire week. That's really pretty anal, so this is forcing me out of that, I just have to wing it!

I went to Aladdin's - it's pretty good, I had a falafel salad and hummus - it was good, plus I didn't have to fix anything or wash any dishes :-). It's pretty chilly out, I'm going to guess the low 20s and since it's starting to get late (usually gets dark around 5-5:30) I'm going to head back home shortly so I don't freeze. The temperature should begin dropping soon. Sitting here in Starbucks gave me time to warm up after having walked from Aladdin's to the bank and then to Starbucks.

I just noticed, they have the same hanging lamps that we used in the lobby of Bella Mare, they look a little better here because they're higher rather than hanging low over the table. Although I must admit, they really don't do much for me. Well, before it gets too cold, I'm going to sign off and head back home! I'll catch up with you guys again tomorrow. Have a great night.