Ear infection, meltdowns, caffeine break and meetings

One morning, Aditi woke up with a bad earache. We tried to sleep it off, but it just wouldn't go. Made an appointment with an ENT - dad's old friend - and five minutes into the diagnosis he said it was an ear infection. Prescribed some meds, drops and antibiotics. 

We bought the meds and walked around for a while. It was super hot. Earlier that day it had rained. But now it was sunny. The sun had been giving us meltdowns for about a week now. Earlier we didn't know what the meltdowns were due to. But Aditi spoke to someone and they said they frequently had meltdowns due to the heat, and so we concluded that's what our meltdowns must be due to. 

Back to back meltdowns are the worst. You're just about recovering from one when a random incident will make you plunge straight into another. There's hardly anything you can do about it. On a separate note, we got earmuffs from 3M, the real sturdy -30dB kind. I now use foam earplugs AND the earmuffs, and the result is pretty damn awesome. It's great to use while falling asleep too, and I do use it sometimes when I get a chance to nap during the afternoon. 

I also stopped drinking coffee (again) last week. Much needed. Switched over to green tea. The anxiety is way more in control. Have amped up the runs, too (did about 65K last month). Overall, green tea helps keep the anxiety attacks in check. But I did take a Rexipra right before a meeting last week. It was (kind of) an important meeting, and I wanted to be sure I didn't mess it up. Taking a Rexipra relaxes me and helps me stick to scripts more naturally. 

We crossed 25K on IG yesterday or two days ago. The team ordered pizza and beer. It was a nice feeling, going from 0 to 25K in a year and meeting so many amazing folx and creating so much content with all of them.