Ginger and lemons and honey

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I'm sick. Again. It hasn't even been a full month since the last time! Uuugh. This time my headache is less bad but my cough is way worse, if I prefer that or not depends on if I'll be able to sleep through the next nights, I woke up coughing during my nap today. Fortunately we still had fresh ginger and I've rediscovered how much I like actual real ginger tea. At least I don't miss a TTRPG session since our GM is also sick >.<

I guess it could be stress-related - among other things three colleagues are leaving this month and there's no replacement for any of them yet - but I didn't feel that stressed compared to e.g. a few months ago, idk. I've been on very low energy for a while. The one thing I managed to consistently do was go running once every weekend, at least that's something to feel accomplished about.

frith_in_thorns and her daughter came to visit! The first guests to stay at our apartment overnight, I was more anxious than I expected but it was great. We visited the "house of music" because the internet said it was suitable for toddlers, and she did indeed enjoy pressing buttons that made noise and the big animated Mozart head. I found out there are a surprising amount of indoor playgrounds, but Liongirl decided on an outdoor one despite the cold. Thankfully a girl managed to find frith's credit card before she'd even realized she'd lost it ^^ Sadly it turned out I'm not great at playing pretend pirate, I'm out of practice.

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[out_there]

That soubds like a great visit.

And Im curious, how do you make real ginger tea? Ive never tried but it soubds like it would be good for colds and flus.

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It was!

Cut up fresh ginger (ideally in thin slices for most inside exposure) and boil it in water, let steep for a little, add lemon juice and honey to taste. One of the "I can't prove it works but it feels plausible" household remedies.

[yuuago]

Ew, hope you get better soon. Stress sounds like it could be contributing, yeah.

It's great that the visit went well! :)

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Thanks!
I'm really looking forward to my planned two week vacation in summer, but that's still three months away. I'd originally planned to take a shorter vacation in May too but a) there's a lot to catch up on rn because I was sick twice, and b) organizing a vacation takes energy I don't currently have. Maybe I'll just take a few days off in late May.

[scintilla10]

Fresh ginger in tea really is fantastic. Hope you recover soon!

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Thanks! Yeah, sadly ginger tea bags can't compare at all.

[trobadora]

Get well soon!

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Thanks!