I missed the whole point...

 I had wanted to say in the previous post that a persistent cough has taken its toll of coffee roasting. In fact I'm about a day away from opening a bag of Starbucks Verona- the first we've had to buy in years.

Verona is not penance by any means. I recall enjoying Verona a lot. It's a dark roast which has been consistent over the years. And we have always been able to find it wherever we travel in the US.

But the Admiral and I have become very attached to our morning cup of Chiapas from Mexico. I have a recent purchase from Coffee Bean Corral so I'm good to go for maybe 15 or more roasts.

The issue has been my persistent dry cough. I wasn't sure what that was about so I went to the PA (physician's assistant) at San Pedro Clinic. He ordered some chest X-rays and blood work. I'll see him Friday and see what he thinks. I think the answer is going to be 'you've got the bug that's been going around' but at this point who knows?

If I do in fact have 'a bug' then I'm going get back to roasting, possibly on Saturday since I've been feeling pretty good. But for the first time I will be wearing a mask. The Admiral wants me to go for a respirator but that's a little too big to fit on my face as I squirm around the roaster while roasting. So I'll break into her stash of KN-95 masks and see if that makes a difference. It seems entirely possible I have gotten too much roasting snot- that mix of oil and smoke and dust that comes from the roaster exhaust when I'm roasting.

Something good that has come from this has been that I have managed to start walking again after meals. That means about 4 days so it's hardly a trend, but it is in fact a start.

The discipline is to walk for 10 (or more) minutes after each meal. According to the dietician I saw in Key West, Karon Rzad, that was really important to someone who has a family history with diabetes. I did that for years starting in Key West then later in Santa Fe. Once we went on the road it was forgotten. So I'm trying to resurrect an old habit.




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