Feeling like we are on the brink of world war via conflict with Russia is not the kind of nostalgia for my childhood I like.

Dana's toast sounds excellent, though. I ran out to DD's for breakfast and am trying a Shamrock Macchiato because I felt like I had to. I think I like it?

What on earth is a shamrock macchiato?

Dana's avocado toast sounds yummy. I had avocado, but as part of a bullet drink, which while tasty, was not toast.

What on earth is a shamrock macchiato?

Is it like a shamrock shake from McDonalds? Because, if so, I must try one!

The picture on the app had some greenness, but the description just says it's made with Irish Creme (a sweetened flavor). Not sure I would guess that was the flavor if I didn't know, but it's tasty if not recognizable.

There is an iced version which may more resemble a shamrock shake, but I went with the hot

Appraisal review is done, no word on raises but I do feel appreciated by my immediate boss which is nice. I have a couple of added projects for this year which I am not crazy about in that it seems like my job is becoming more project management than analysis but I don't feel like really thinking about that at this point as I also just finished my to do list for today and it is long. Sigh.

Yay for being appreciated!

I think an Irish Coffee of the alcoholic variety would go over well right now. Or two. In the book I am reading a character was sipping ouzo, and that sounded good too. I may be easily subject to many influences.

I dunno about Irish Crème but I did recently order two six packs of non alcoholic sour beers. Sadly they only sell them online, not anywhere locally, but I’ve tried one of each now and they’re pretty good! Sours are one of the few kinds of beer I actually like, but I just can’t do much alcohol anymore, so I was excited to try.

Feeling like we are on the brink of world war via conflict with Russia is not the kind of nostalgia for my childhood I like.

Yeah. Actively fearing nukes is not something I missed.