Tuesday Coffee Chat

Hey, are you up for a little coffee chat? Good, because I am.

If we had a coffee chat today… I would mention again that I am wearing the Zio patch right now, and while I was fully expecting to wear it for two weeks without an incident because they’ve been so far and few between, I was (almost) happy that I had a brief episode of racing heart on Saturday. (The emphasis is on almost, because nobody likes to have heart palpitations.) It wasn’t as bad as previous episodes, just a very short period where my heart rate sped up out of nowhere (and at rest, again). Thankfully, no lightheadedness. It wasn’t even „official“ tachycardia (rapid heartbeat) because my HR didn’t even go over 100 bpm, but I still felt the racing sensation, as my resting heart rate is usually <60 bpm. I logged the symptoms in the Zio App and I am very curious if the doctor will be able to “see“ anything on the ECG results, or if it was just a random occurrence. Needless to say, I still went for my endurance run in the evening.

If we had a coffee chat today… I would cry about the fact that Germany had to exit the Men’s Soccer World Cup yesterday when they lost against Paraguay (the underdog). I would not have been surprised if I had had an episode of heart palpitations during that game because… OMG! My nerves are not made for this. The game went to overtime because of a questionable referee decision (which erased the 2:1 lead Germany had) and then Germany lost 4:5 in the penalty shootout, when the game should have been a pretty solid win for them to begin with. So damn frustrating and a real bummer. I was hoping they would make it a little further than just out of the group stages. All of my sports teams are not doing well this year. The Red Sox are also at the bottom of their group standings.

If we had a coffee chat today… I’d have to profess that my cousin and I pledged to run 5k for every German goal during the game yesterday. Who could have predicted that they’d have a penalty shootout! Guess who will be running 20km this week? (Luckily, I’ve been planning to run anyway and it won’t be much of a heavy lift.)

If we had a coffee chat today… I’d share with you that I am working a 4/10 (10-hour day) schedule again this week because I want to get an extra long weekend. Since July 4th is on Saturday, the holiday is observed on Friday, but I can take the Thursday off, if Friday is not a work day for me. The perks of a maxiflex schedule.

If we had a coffee chat today… I‘d tell you that I am making really good use of my hammock (but you know that already). I read, I blog, I nap in the hammock. I’ve been trying ton encourage Jon to use it (I don’t understand why he hasn’t yet), but then again, if he doesn’t know what he’s missing out on, I won’t have to compete with him to use it.

If we had a coffee chat today… I’d tell you about my trip to Trader Joe’s last weekend where I was once again complimented on my bagging skills. It reminded me of the conversation we had in someone’s comment section recently about bagging skills. The young woman at the checkout winked at me and said I was better than most professional baggers and wanted to know if I had worked as a bagger before. When I said no, she said “so you’re just one of these organized, efficient people”. Haha, yes, that’s exactly who I am. The other employee who came over to offer help took one look and said “Oh, I see, you got this”.

(But honestly, I don’t know if I can take any credit. Did you know that grocery baggers are not a thing in Germany? I always joke that this is why we’re so proficient at bagging our own groceries because we grew up with it. It was just a necessity to get ‘fast and efficient’ with it, because the cashiers are usually quick.)

If we had a coffee chat today… I’d confess that I am in a bit of a blogging rut right now. Is there anything you would you like to read about? Or do you have any random questions, I can answer? My inbox is open. You can submit any questions/topics for July here.

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