As always, the Matilda and Emmett show rocks!

Pix, I'm very happy that Byron has something so treatable and I'm loving the Kaylee videos. She is smart and adorable.

FYI - 6 mile hikes in SE PA are not recommended for those of us who a. have bad backs and b. are really not used to hikes or hills. That being said: other than the pain I am dealing with now, I think it was worth it. Just to hang out in that lovely green darkness and listen to my cousin relating old family scandals. Also, I got to taste wineberries.

Also, could that hike be the reason why randomly my left leg started having horrible pain last night? (It starts around my left hip, goes down my leg and is most painful in my left shin.) I've taken some pain stuff for it but think I may need to try to get a ride to the doctor's office.

I dozed on the patio a bit and have now closed up the house like a cave and am going to Real Sleep. I obey Eriln, it seems. Do not like HOT.

Zzzzzzzzz

I enjoy both the mayo and the sweet tea (a LOT) but I agree that one should not lie about the sweetness of tea!

Today is my first official day of doing volunteer work for the neighborhood association!

I like ice tea (I am southern, after all), but a lot of places serve it already over sweetened. I've taken to carrying little packets of dehydrated lemon juice to offset this.

I love iced tea, but I do not love sweet drinks. I wany my iced tea to taste like TEA. t /Yankee

I drink hot tea with sugar, but I like my iced tea unsweetened with just lemon.

Every time someone drinks iced tea the entire people of Ireland shudder collectively and don't know why.

clutches hot hot tea even though it's 37C in my office currently

Arnold Palmers are the thing.

Although, Iced Mint Tea is also extremely refreshing.

I am a big fan of tea, strong, Earl Grey, hot...

But I like my iced tea much weaker, and I even drink instant.

I'm a loyal heretic.

I recently discovered that there's something weird about my sweetness sensors. I tend to drink my coffee with a scant teaspoon of sugar in it. It doesn't taste particularly sweet to me, the sugar just neutralizes the bitter. But when a friend who drinks her coffee with just milk tried it she, she went on and on about how overly sweetened it tasted. And another friend once in college had the same reaction.

I found it odd both times. I don't like what tastes like overly sweet coffee to me, like those flavored creamers, so I was surprised that my coffee tasted so sweet to them. They both said "how much sugar do you put in it?" and were surprised when I said "one teaspoon." So my current theory is that their tongues taste sweet better than mine does. I've always had a preference for savory over sweet. Maybe I can taste it better?