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Good morning everyone! It’s time to share some thoughts over coffee with my virtual friends across the country. I’m having my usual French roast with a scoop of collagen (not my usual stuff but we’ll talk about that in a minute). Join the chat and link up with Deborah and Coco for The Ultimate Coffee Date. 

So it’s 4th of July and the country is more divided than ever. Over coffee I would tell you how much I want everyone to settle down. Just be kind to one another and treat others as you would want them to treat you. That’s how I was taught. Why is that so hard? My husband and daughter said to me last night that people don’t want to celebrate the 4th. Okay? My first thought was GOOD, people need to stay home. But they meant because they (not us)  hate America right now. Then be the change! 

If we were having coffee I would have to bring up the pandemic…sorry. It is out of control here in Southern California. I don’t know why it is such a big deal to wear a mask. Maybe if we told people not to wear a mask, they would be like “You can’t tell me what to do! I’m going to wear a mask.” Seriously, it’s like that. We are so busy at the hospital (when things should be slowing down) , Covid patients everywhere. I had a woman checking-in her dad for a non-covid problem yesterday, and she was contemplating going to a different hospital because there were “so many people”. I told other hospitals are just as busy. She then said “Why are you so busy?” I told her there’s a pandemic. Seriously lady?  Anyhow, just wear your mask, wash your hands and social distance. Words to literally live by.

On to better topics. Over coffee I would tell you that our new kitty is a hellion. She is not the sweet. lovable cat Oliver was. While she has her moments (when she’s sleeping) she mostly runs around like a spaz or hides and ambushes you when walking by. Most of the time her attacks are harmless but we all have at least one scratch from the little maniac. The other day she let me pet her for 5 full minutes for the first time ever. Hopefully it was a sign of better things to come. Fingers crossed. 

Lastly, over coffee I would tell you that I rarely switch brands on products that I like. (i.e. I like Skippy, I will never choose Jif) Having said that, for some reason I decided to change collagen powders from GLG to Live Well. Bad decision. This other collagen does not mix well. It separates in my coffee and looks gross. I’ll be switching back to GLG probably before this one is gone.

And…without realizing it was the same brand, I ordered their (Live Well) green powder because it had a great rating and my Athletic Greens is sooo expensive. Well, if green had a taste (and it does) it would be this drink. It tastes like I am drinking hay or grass. It’s awful. I’m back to Athletic Greens. I don’t think any green drink tastes great, but I was able to get used to this one in a week. I mix it with 4 oz natural apple juice and 4 oz water, just in case you want to give it a try. Go to www.athleticgreens.com/hurdle for 20 free travel packs with first purchase. I’m not promoting just passing it along. 

And my husband wonders why I don’t like change. Stick with what works is my motto. 🙂

So that’s all I have for now. I’ll continue to run, walk and ride my bike, and try to stay sane through all this mess. I hope you do the same. 

Thanks for reading!

           Denise