Traumatic Experiences Community Daily Check In - Saturday September 9th 2017
So my dear friend Kite thought a bit of fun and frivolity may be called for at the end of a hard week. Good call! So how about answering this:
If you were a drink, what drink would you be?
I'd like to think I'd be something sophisticated, long and smooth, like an elegant cocktail. But I'm more like an every day cuppa. Familiar, warm, comforting, sometimes weak, sometimes strong. With a whole packet of chocolate biscuits on the side!
What about you?
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I think I'd be a strawberry margarita. Not everyone likes strawberry flavored things, and not everyone likes me. My mom says strawberry flavored stuff is too sweet, that it tastes like candy. I try to be nice to everyone, but some people still don't like me no matter how hard I try.
Or I could be a glass of Jameson. A lovely little glass of whiskey to warm the soul on a cold winter's night.
If you want something non-alcoholic, I could just be a cup of coffee. Everyone wants me to conform to their tastes, but I'm not made of play doh. I know I add two shots of cream and one packet of sweet n low to my coffee. It's too bitter for me if I don't. But some people can drink it plain, with nothing added.
I'm gonna stop naming things now so there's drinks left for the rest of you 😜
@BeeLeigh
Strawberry margarita - nom nom. You can buy those as frozen cocktails in the UK. Super chilled and refreshing!
I'm quite liking your taste in drinks I have to say. When's the party? 🎉 🥂🍸
@DeborahUK
Mmmmm, yesss! Frozen or on the rocks! I drink them much faster on the rocks so I tend to go with frozen lol. I guess the party can be whenever you all can make it to Chicago! No kids allowed. Everyone's gotta leave their offspring with the other parent! 😜
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@melliotm
Very classic mellio. Unapologetically you. I like it :)
@melliotm
PICaRD! 💕
Hmm an interesting question. I might have to say a drinking horn of Mead. Sweet, smoothe, with healing propperties, that will challange your senses and thoughts, alle in a natural yet rugged container. (It's a cultural thing)
Non alcoholic cherry Pepsi
Alcoholic Pina colda
@Rebekahwriter13
That sounds like a sweet tooth there Rebekah.
I do like how we're all different in what we like. Just shows it's okay that we're not all the same. We can celebrate our uniqueness :)
@DeborahUK
that pic is so hilarious 😂
Im feeling a bit better today
i just need some hugs :(
@sensitiveShade5337
@BeeLeigh
I got this yeeeaah
lilo and stiiitchh aww thanks for the huggles
@sensitiveShade5337
@DeborahUK
i don't really hug myself but I hug a pillow
I'm always out of topic :D
For non-alcyboo drinks: Royal Caramel Rose Milk Tea. Served hot in one of my bone china sets. I love this tea because there are little rose buds floating around in it and it is symbolic for me spiritually. After using the tea, it's nice to use the remnants for a facial mask or scrub.
Alcoholic: Umeshu. There are a lot of variations. Plum wine. I like the ones with honey in them. Just good on the rocks, simple, but has a soul of its own. Additionally, I tried a type of red wine where it tasted like raspberry dark chocolate truffles! Expensive. Worth it, though. I suppose this shows contrasts. The simplistic on the rocks kinda gal I am, with the almost secret urge to be pampered once in awhile. And in between lies the classical lady that is focused on some kind of refinement. Maybe! XD
@CaloenasNicobarica
Wow, those sound pretty sophisticated choices! Bear in mind my favourite drink is tap water, so I'm pretty simple! But I like how you sum yourself up from your tastes.
And I love how the expense is worth it. Absolutely we should treat ourselves. We're worth it, we deserve it, and we should enjoy it :)
@DeborahUK
Thanks! :) I like your style, Deborah. Water is easily taken for granted but one of the most refreshing, vital, and potent elements in our life. This was a really cool thread idea. Only in these last years am I finding that it's okay to splurge or do something special for yourself. It's still kinda hard for me to do so. And I don't really drink anymore- such a lightweight now. XD I plan on getting a bottle of umeshu for my graduation. But it's not bad to raise a glass once in awhile to yourself or give yourself that spa treatment!
...still learning about makeup, though! lol I practically only use foundation.
I feel pretty sad, almost every day all the time. I don't know what's wrong, why I can't just think my way out of it. This in between place is like purgatory and I see no way out. I just want to enjoy life and not see dying as a way out every single day. *sigh*
@KatieMoon1
But then you wouldn't get to talk to *me*!
@BeeLeigh
Awe! 💕💫 You are a great friend. 🌻
I'm not going anywhere ATM. (Except to bed!) Haha!
@KatieMoon1
I think a good night's sleep is definitely warranted! 😊🛌😴
@KatieMoon1 You will get through the period of feeling in limbo, Katie. You aren't alone. #traumasucks
@melliotm
Thanks! I think it's double difficult because I am also very sick. :/
Jolted out of sleep in terror at 130am by my roommate either loudly coming home with someone, or loudly welcoming a guest. Either way, the sudden, unexpected sound of footfall and voices in the middle of the night shook me. Not doing so well atm, but at least I don't think I'm going to completely dissociate hahaha sigh sob.
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