From yesterday to today, I had my 7 year old niece and 9 year old nephew over. We had fun :<)
This morning, while my niece was still sleeping ( the two of them had crawled into my bed, after waking up early, and fallen asleep again ), my nephew and I had breakfast. I then gave my nephew's new drawing board a try.
If you have been following my content for a while, it won't come as a surprise to you that I drew something resembling 'Cold Turkey'. Then it was my nephew's turn and, without me knowing about it, he added Hypersensitivosaurus.
He said it didn't come out the right way but I love it!
How can you not like the friendly expression on Hypersensitivosaurus' face, its funny feet, the extremely cute and tiny raptor arms and the giant lizards' trademark baseball cap ( the latter being a reference to the caps I often wear - on sunny days or when I'm experiencing a bad hair day ).
To get back to Cold Turkey in my previous post(s), I am happy to say that I managed to find some kind of coffee balance.
I now drink one coffee every two days or so and I'm proud of myself.
I take one when I feel like it, not out of habit, not because I'm addicted.
And, more importantly, I don't necessarily feel worse when I don't.
I don't make coffee at home any longer and when I order one it's a treat.
Even after a somewhat sleepless night, I didn't need the coffee this morning, nor later today. From now on forward, I will feel my way around it, from day to day, (pretty much how I approach my life) and I won't be too hard on myself.
I have done enough of that in my life and it hasn't made me happier.
Oh and before I forget... Yesterday, I released yet another podcast episode into the ether. I give an update on how things are getting along with my upcoming book, I share my coffee story and more...
And - it's kind of a special one - as I added an attempt at a little intro song, with some ukulele strumming and hypersensitivosaurus lyrics.
I know I can't sing, but I'll find a way and I'm proud of stepping, once more, out of my comfort zone.
For those listening and/ or curious, here's the lyrics:
🎵Hyper, hyper, sensitivosaurus
red and green and running through the forest
Hyper, hyper, sensitivosaurus
Should I run or hide?
I think I think he saw us...🎵
And here's a link to the 6 minute episode:
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vincentnijman/episodes/168-Hours-Later-e220br8
TO BE CONVINUED :<)