Hi all! I’m joining #WeekendCoffeeShare today. Yes, on a Friday. Tomorrow, I’ll wrap up the month of January, but I really want to write today too. It’s 7:30PM as I start typing this, so no more coffee for me. I’ll once again take a break at 8PM for my Friday evening chips and soda. I’ll have to shower too, so may not return to the computer until like 9PM, because I don’t want to be using the computer with wet hair. If you’d like, grab a cup of your favorite beverage and let’s chat.
If we were having coffee, first I’d talk about the weather. It’s been chilly. Scratch that: it’s been cold! Daytime highs early in the week were around 4°C, but yesterday I believe it was freezing almost the entire day and we got snow again. I want spring, for goodness’ sake! It isn’t helpful to realize that February is the coldest month of the year here in the northern hemisphere.
If we were having coffee, then I’d tell you that I hardly walked all week. That is, today I did go for a 45-minute walk around grounds because I wanted to orient the home’s team leader, who’s working one day a week at our home as a support staff, to my walking routine. Yesterday, I didn’t walk at all, but did somehow activate an outdoor walking workout on my Apple Watch while just pacing around my room. I was also sitting down a lot and only managed 100m or so in 34 minutes. Thankfully, I was able to delete the “workout”.
If we were having coffee, I’d share that, on Sunday, I bought a new winter coat. I gained a little weight, so my old one was a bit too tight and had a tear in it. My wife offered to fix it, but after thinking for a bit, I said no. Unfortunately, I’d left my gloves in it and she’d already taken it home with her when I realized this, so this meant no gloves for the entire week. By the way, the new coat cost only €30.
If we were having coffee, next I’d tell you I didn’t end up going to the Eye Association meeting I was supposed to go to today after all. I shared last week that I had planned on going to a meeting for people with mild cerebral palsy this Saturday (January 31), but had decided against it for transportation reasons and because I had another meeting today. Well, early in the week, my assigned staff told me she wanted to talk some things over with me. Besides, I thought I had a physical therapy appt today too. Looking back, the things my assigned staff wanted to discuss, weren’t of major importance and the physical therapist’s appt was yesterday, but well.
If we were having coffee, finally I’d tell you that one of the things my assigned staff did want to discuss, is my day schedule. Unless the behavior specialist or my support coordinator has major objections, I’ll finally have two weekly kitchen-based activities in it soon. The staff did ask that, when I cook, it’s initially just for myself and maybe one or two others, because if we decide I’ll cook for the entire home, this means too much pressure on me (and potentially the staff). I agree with this.
A Multitude of Musings 
Good to hear what you’ve been up to. Just want to wish you a lovely weekend. 🙂
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Thanks so much. 🙂 Wishing you a lovely weekend too!
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I need to walk more but not in this heat, when it’s this hot I don’t want to leave the house
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Ah yes, that makes total sense. I don’t want to walk when it’s too hot either.
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The snow has been keeping me from enjoying walks as well. There has been a lot of it this year. I’m wondering about trying snowshoeing. Have you ever tried it? I need to do some research about it, and then I’d need to look for used snowshoes. We shall see I guess.
Thank you for the virtual coffee. Happy Saturday.
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Thank you so much for your kind comment. I’ve tried wearing snow shoes once or twice but didn’t like them. Thankfully, we don’t get snow here very often anymore.
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I am so ready for spring too. It has been chilly here but very wet, no snow thankfully.
That sounds like a bargain price for a new coat. I hope you get your gloves back soon. That is great news that you will be spending more time in the kitchen. Good luck.
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Thanks for stopping by. Yes, the coat was on sale. I’m indeed looking forward to doing more culinary activities.
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glad you decided to get a new winter coat! Cool your finally going to have two days of cooking with your assigned staff, that’ll be awesome!
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Thank you. The cooking activity will be in my day schedule, so I’ll do it with whoever is assigned to me for my one-on-one then.
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Glad to read that your day schedule is going to include the culinary activities that you like. Thank you for your weekend coffee share.
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Thanks so much. I’m glad about it too.
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We finally had another really nice day. I saw it get as high as 51°F (10.56°C) today and I did take the short walk home from the clinic where I had an appointment today. It was so nice to be in fresh air again without feeling your skin turn solid from the cold (ok, maybe that is a bit extreme, but is has been very cold lately). Good to catch up with you over a drink (Strawberry hibiscus tea). Hope you are well!
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Thanks for commenting. I’m glad you had a nice day weather-wise.
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You’re welcome, Astrid.
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