{"id":2903,"date":"2024-09-13T21:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T04:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/?p=2903"},"modified":"2024-09-12T20:33:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T03:33:51","slug":"life-reading-working-migraines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/2024\/09\/13\/life-reading-working-migraines\/","title":{"rendered":"Life: Migraines & Friendships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Novelty
Novelty pens labeled “failure is always an option” and “you can be replaced” from a colleague. I laughed out loud. She noted that those of us who are more seasoned see them as funnier than young people. Note that we work in the legal profession.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I returned home from work on Wednesday, and wondered why the lights were so bright and the lines in my kitchen seemed so wavy. I was just tired enough to wonder what was wrong with the lights… but it wasn’t the lights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is called “aura,” and it’s like the special effects you see when you have your eyes dilated by an eye doctor. I can achieve the same effect through the magic of MIGRAINE HEADACHES.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the beginning of a new migraine series (they rarely happen just one day in a row<\/em>), it’s been a lovely<\/em> week. It isn’t just all the people congratulating me on my promotion, though that is sweet: it’s all the people just being delightful<\/strong> to interact with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s the scientist I bumped into after leaving a bookshop, who chatted with me on the sidewalk for perhaps 20 minutes; it’s the young person from another team who is always so optimistic; it’s the gal from another company who once had me sample farmer’s market strawberries, and who chats with with me so comfortably that it feels like we’ve always known each other; it’s the gal from a global function who bought espresso with me and was charming even at 6:45 in the morning as we made our way toward our ferry; it’s the shuttle driver I ride with 3 or so times a week, who knows I don’t ride in the evening, yet rolled down his window to try to tempt me with a shuttle ride to the train station (which made me laugh out loud – it’s a free shuttle); it’s the attorney who popped into my office with a question, and then told me she is amazed that I am so consistently PLEASANT and<\/em> that listening to my voice is like walking into a spa; it’s the workers at the fancy coffee place who know my name, and I know theirs…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps it was the isolation of 2020-2021’s safety precautions still influencing me, but I appreciate people being casually enjoyable<\/strong> so much<\/em>. I’ve enjoyed it in the past, but it feels… more special now. Having lost those opportunities for a while, I ensure that I notice and enjoy them now. I will relish them right up to the next pandemic!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I returned home from work on Wednesday, and wondered why the lights were so bright and the lines in my kitchen seemed so wavy. I was just tired enough to wonder what was wrong with the lights… but it wasn’t the lights. This is called “aura,” and it’s like the special effects you see when … <\/p>\n

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