#WeekendCoffeeShare (June 21, 2025)

Posted on by Astrid

Hi everyone. I’m joining #WeekendCoffeeShare this evening. It’s 5:40PM as I type this. I’d advise you to drink lots of water today, as it’s hot outside, but if you’d like a coffee, I’ll gladly serve you one. I also just heard that one of the staff ordered a dozen bottles of diet coke (and I mean the 1.5l bottles, not single-serving bottles), so if you’d like a coke, that’s okay too. Let’s have a drink and let’s catch up.

If we were having coffee, I’d start by sharing about the weather. Did I say it’s hot? Yes, I did. The daytime high today was 30°C. That plus lots of sunshine and poor air quality means I may go outside for a bit at 9PM or so, but not now. The rest of the week, the daytime temps have been lower, but I’ve been able to wear short sleeves each day.

Tomorrow is supposed to be another hot day here in the eastern part of the country, but after that, we’re getting some rain and lower temps (though still above 20°C). I’m already looking at the weather forecast for next Saturday, as then my sister and her family will be visiting me for my birthday. Let’s hope it won’t be too hot, as then my sister and her kids will most likely be cranky.

If we were having coffee, next I’d share that I did meet my movement goal on my Apple Watch each day this week again. That is, each day except for today so far, but I’m pretty sure I’ll meet it today too despite only one walk.

If we were having coffee, then I’d tell you that a staff handed me some shorts, shirts and a few other clothing items that she no longer wears. We did have to throw a few things away that I suspected would be worn out soon or damaged in the washing machine. Overall though, I’m very happy with everything she gave me.

If we were having coffee, I’d also tell you that I fell last Sunday. I had just finished a polymer clay project and was walking out of the bathroom after having washed my hands when I stumbled over an open drawer of my nightstand and fell. I apparently fell backwards, hitting my head quite hard on the floor. The staff said I was responsive right away, though I have a small memory gap. After a while, I got a major headache and my neck also started hurting.

My father broke his neck when he was young and didn’t find out until several days later. This thought crept up on me constantly and, not knowing that if I had broken or seriously damaged my neck, I would’ve felt severe pain right away not a while later, I felt quite anxious. My staff wasn’t able to reassure me either. Thankfully, my GP’s nurse practitioner, who came by on Friday to check on me, was. I now am to take paracetamol four times daily for the next few days to lessen the pain, in hopes that I’ll move my neck more and it won’t stay stiff. I’m glad my anxiety is also less, because that too was keeping me from moving my head.

If we were having coffee, lastly I’d share that, though I have a zillion ideas for what to do in the crafting, physical activity and writing departments, none of these seem to materialize. This frustrates me to no end. I really hope there’s a way for me to get some more structure in my activities without it becoming too compulsive.

22 thoughts on “#WeekendCoffeeShare (June 21, 2025)”

  1. You’re hot and I’m cold, just saying

    It is good you are meeting your movement goals, also nice that you liked the clothes given to you, I always liked it when I was given second hand clothes they were new to me and gave me more clothes for zero cost.

    That’s really not good you falling, falling backwards scares me more then falling on my face, I am pleased there was no serious injuries. I fell on my face last Monday resulting in a trip to the hospital against my wishes, although I know it was for the best but since other then doing a CT Scan they did bugga all I felt it was by and large a waste of time;

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    1. Thanks for your kind comment. I’m so sorry you fell too and that you had to go to the hospital. I hope the CT scan didn’t show anything out of the ordinary.

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  3. It has been so hot here too over the weekend! Even at 9pm last night it was still in the high 20’s. Eek!
    Good job on meeting your movement goal, I have moved a lot less over the last week with it being so hot!
    Ouch! Your fall sounds nasty! I hope you are feeling less sore soon.

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    1. Thanks for your kind comment. I’m still regularly quite sore, in part because somehow the nurse practitioner forgot to actually write a script for paracetamol and as a result the staff forget to give it to me.

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  5. Oh no! I hope you are feeling better after your fall. Glad to hear you escaped without breaking anything.
    It has been so warm over here too. Thankfully, it has rained today, so it is feeling much cooler now.

    Hope you are having a lovely Sunday! 🙂

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  8. Oh no! Sorry to hear you fell and hit your head. I hope the pain has eased up and your neck is better. Falls can do a lot of damage. I can certainly relate to the higher heat. We have had hot and humid temperatures and a few storms are supposed to come through tonight. I just hope no hail, tornados or flooding… am I asking for too much? I appreciate the soda and coffee offer, but no caffeine or bubbles for me for a while yet. I hope you have a good week ahead! And enjoy a little of your birthday!

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