Prompt: What area of your life do you tend to enjoy to excess instead of moderation?

Tea.  Food.  Cussing.  Shopping.  Music…  Those would be the top 5.  Shall I expand?  Even if you said “no”, you know I’m going to.  I mean, you are not new here.

My tea habit began almost 20 years ago.  It was small, one hot cuppa, maybe once a day.  Then about 13 to 15 years ago it was always at least once a day, then twice.  I can’t drink coffee without it messing my belly up, so I switched to tea.  I worked in a medical office, so there was coffee always on the burner.  It was a fast paced environment when we had clinic, so many times, I would make my cuppa, and maybe get 1/2 of it down before I had to run off.   Then I discovered those little hot plates that keep your cuppa warm.  They don’t really work, but the placebo effect is a cool thing.  I got a little pot and put the pot on the plate and drank it until it was empty, even though it was cold.

But now that I work at home, I have a 2 pot a day habit.  Not little pots,  these must be 40 ouncers…  I go though approx 8 bags worth of tea a day, 2 pots, 2-4 oz of sugar and probably 1/4 to 1/2 cup of half and half a day.  To say it’s excessive is an understatement.  It could be 110 degrees with 98% humidity outside and I’ll still have my cuppa(s).  If using tea bags, I go though a box of 80 in about a week.  We have all made peace with that.

I am a bit (okay, a lot) overweight.  There are many reasons for this, but I’m not going to get into them right now.  I will say that I have a bad sugar habit (it’s harder to quit sugar than it was to quit smoking, seriously), and I’ve never met a dessert I didn’t like.

I also cuss a lot.  Usually when I am shopping.  Or driving.  Or painting… hum.  I just cuss a lot.  Not around young kids or people who don’t know me.  That’s reserved for after final judgement has been passed on me.   If you can’t figure out how to work  that 4-letter word into your vocab?  I can help with that.  At least my boys know how and which word to use in the correct circumstance.  That’s me trying to spin a negative into a positive.  That’s hard to do.  Especially since my husband is a good man and doesn’t cuss around any child, and most adults.   I’ve heard it, as have a few other select people, but he’s a much better person that I will ever be.

Music?  Oh yes, it’s playing at all times.  Even when I’m not in the room.  I have to have music on.  I can listen to just about anything except Country, Rap (some Hip Hop), and most Metal (especially Speed Metal).  I’m on a Kate Bush kick right now and can’t seem to get enough of her.  If you have not heard “Before the Dawn”, you must.  It’s the “ninth wave” on steroids.  It’s a live recording from her concert from November 2016.  It’s phenomenal.    There are two songs that you can play at any time that are guaranteed to make me cry: Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides Now” and Kate Bush’s “Dream of Sheep“.  They are amazing songs by amazing women who are incredible artists.

What do you tend to partake in excess of in your life?