Never drink CBD tea at work...or prior to a commute

So, I bought some CBD Chill Tea- mint flavored, 16 mg (or so it said) from Harney & Sons (at a local health food store). Brought it with me to work today - it was quite tasty, minty.

Except for one small problem - by the time I was ready to commute home? I was feeling a tad off. Sweating profusely. Cold and clammy. Slightly dizzy, not enough to faint. Or woozy. Like I'd had a severe drop in blood sugar.

And the commute was from hell...
( Commute from hell )

Took a while to feel better. But I finally did by about 9pm.

Mother and I decided it had to be the CBD, whatever they put in the tea with it - did not agree with me, or it was a more intense brand than I was accustomed. While I can have some mild forms of CBD, I can't have THC at all or anything too potent - without feeling woozy.

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On Twitter...someone posted that "lots of girls find serial killer shows comforting or true crime.."

Interesting. I find romance novels, Bridgerton, Julia, and cooking demonstrations comforting.

Of course I'm prone to anxiety - so that may explain it.

Mother: I get it. I could never get into Criminal Minds - I'd burned out on the whole serial killer thing.
Me: I couldn't watch Criminal Minds - the second episode turned me off. Want to know why? ( Read more... )

Mother: What? Oh dear god.
Me: I couldn't get past the spiders. That was it for me. I decided I didn't need to watch that. (Well also the rape, I can't watch sexual violence any longer on television - it's why I can't watch Outlander.)
Mother: I never even tried it. I burned out on serial killers and was never really into it. I read Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs, which were good, but after a while..
ME: It's an overdone trope.

I'm guessing people who like this sort of thing are either not prone to anxiety or not the same types of anxieties that I am?

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Informed Project Manager - that I was going to wear a mask throughout the site tour on Thursday. And would prefer that we don't have a crowded vehicle. Also, if anyone gave me any troubles about it - I'd leave and we would not have a site tour. (There's nothing I can do about everyone else.)

Project Manager: The most important part is we find a great place to have lunch.
ME: Can you just drop me back at the office first? With my dietary restrictions and the whole COVID thing...
Project Manager (who is trying not to sound disappointed): Yeah, we can do that.

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Mother informed me that her hairstylist came down with COVID (she's triple vaxxed and everything) but she went to Nashville - and it was crowded, with lots of folks traveling, most not wearing masks, the planes were packed, and well she got COVID. And was really sick with it - in bed for a few weeks, but thankful that she'd been vaccinated or it would have been a lot worse.

Sigh.

You ever feel like the world is constantly trying to kill us? That is when we're not trying to do it.

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Just..listened to this song by Sand Sheff (former housemate and college buddy, although we've not stayed in touch) today...

Last Night - it's kind of a flip on the affair song, with the woman trying to gently tell the guy off.

And here's the guy I dated in college's album containing Long Journey

I wasn't really into country-western until I ran into them. Although they also loved folk music - and sing and play it.

Currently listening to... Come and Get Your Love by RedBone - it's from the Guardians of the Galaxy 1 Soundtrack.