five things I can't live without

Caffeine of some kind, be it coffee or iced tea or sometimes hot black tea. I've given up so many of my bad habits like smoking and I hardly drink alcohol at all any more. But I like caffeinated beverages a lot and nothing takes the edge off the summer like giant glasses of iced tea.

Good shoes are too useful to be called a vice, aren't they? Good shoes make all the difference. I like to feel like I'm ready to pick up and run if I needed. So I have some excellent boots and some great running shoes. I still have my very first pair of Docs. I should get them resoled.

My internet connection is my lifeline. Some of the people I care about the most are thousands of miles away from me. There's also this wider, stranger world to access that doesn't exist in my physical life.

Sunglasses are a must now that I don't need prescription ones. I just want to wear them all the time.

Books and magazines, digital or paper versions it doesn't matter. I just always need something to read at hand or I feel unsettled. Stories, always stories.

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