Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed

[nanila]

The surest sign for me that I'm not presently getting enough sleep is that I keep failing at making tea. Not fancy tea. Apparently at the moment I can't even make a cup of bog-standard builder's.

Yesterday, I put the water in the kettle and the tea bag in the mug. I went off to do something else for a minute, figuring the kettle would boil during that time, came back and started to pour water into the mug. I'd filled it 2/3 of the way before I noticed the lack of steam and realised I hadn't switched the kettle on.

Today, I put the water in the kettle and switched it on, then felt prematurely smug at having improved on yesterday's performance. I got my mug out of the cupboard. I thumped back upstairs to answer an e-mail. I trotted downstairs and poured hot water into my mug. I brought the clean laundry upstairs, came back down and put milk into my mug. I carried my mug back up to my desk, sat down, and started to drink my tea, which tasted really weird.

I got halfway through it before I recognised that I was drinking diluted hot milk. /o\

Comments

[cmcmck]

Not being able to make squaddy's tea is a bad sign indeed!

[nanila]

Yep. On the plus side, this week has been so much better than last. The baby is only waking up once a night, and that makes a massive difference.

[ironed_orchid]

I've been known to wash out my coffee pot, put water in it, and put it on the stove. And only when pouring into my cup do I realise that I forgot the vital ingredient.

[nanila]

:D I applaud your superior skill at absent-mindedness!

[yvi]

I hope you get both more tea and more sleep :-)

[nanila]

Thank you. I have had lots more of both this week - it was a vast improvement on the previous one.

[aella_irene]

Alas. I hope you get more sleep soon!

Today I kept leaving the kettle until it went cold. We have an insulated kettle.

[nanila]

Wow. Well done you for the intensity of your distraction from the task of tea-making!

[weaverbird]

*falls over laughing* OMG I have SO done these things. Another good one is, when making one mug of coffee and one of tea, to put the tea bag in the mug with the instant coffee and only notice *after* you've filled both mugs with boiling water.

Hope you get plenty of sleep, so that tea once again becomes possible. {{{hugs}}}

ETA: oh, HOW I love your icon!

[fred_mouse]

I've managed to only put a tea bag in one cup, only put water in the other, and forget the coffee entirely! It seems there are many variations on this error!

[nanila]

Another good one is, when making one mug of coffee and one of tea, to put the tea bag in the mug with the instant coffee and only notice *after* you've filled both mugs with boiling water.

YES I HAVE DONE THIS. I do not recommend then absentmindedly drinking the result. EWWWW.)

[vi]

Aw no! I hope you get some good rest and tea soon! <3

I know I'm tired when the thought of making bog-standard tea is just too hard.

[nanila]

Thank you! This week has been much better, with lots of correct tea-making and a good deal more sleep.

[major_clanger]

I got halfway through it before I recognised that I was drinking diluted hot milk.

You were simply paying homage to the original late afternoon drinking habits of ancient Britons, as documented in impeccable historical sources.*

(*Goscinny, R, and Uderzo, A, Asterix chez les Bretons, 1966.)

[nanila]

Was I?

Oh, of course, yes, yes I was. That's what I was doing. *makes a face like a cat who has just accidentally rolled off a sofa after excessive stretching*

[calissa]

That is a terrible sign! Surely it results in some kind of downward spiral?

I hope you manage to get some more sleep soon.

[nanila]

Thank you. Fortunately things have turned around this week, and I've gotten a lot more sleep, and can make tea properly again. \o/

[calissa]

I'm glad to hear that you are doing better. <3

[lark_ascends]

Definitely not enough sleep. :(

[nanila]

Nope. Fortunately, this week has been much better.

[liseuse]

I failed at making tea several times yesterday, and most days this week. It takes something spectacular to fail at camomile tea, I think. I got halfway through the mug before I realised it was just hot water.

[nanila]

*fist-bump of absent-minded un-tea-drinking solidarity* Yeah, I did that with peppermint tea last week.