rainy days and mondays always get me down

whew.

yesterday was a helluva day.

like i mentioned in my last post, i am back home for winter break working at the coffee shop where i got my very first coffee job. but now it's under new ownership...again. i've gone over this before, but let's review: first it was java jitterz then it was java junkie and now it's the java bean. so here i am at the jitterzjunkiebean. i am actually inside the shop right now. it's a really great place to be in the mornings. you can see the sun rise because of all the big windows and watching morning traffic over coffee and cigarettes is a wonderful thing. i also get a pretty great mix of morning regulars. most of whom were jitterz and junkie regulars as well. it's really fun to see them and chat them up.

this morning i couldn't get the shop to warm up so i finally punched the thermostat up to 76 and now it's cozy in here, even next to the big windows.

i could go on and on about the great atmosphere in here, but that's for another time.

so now for the main attraction: yesterday.

yeah, carpenters. rainy days and mondays always get me down, too.

so yesterday. i bounced out of bed at 5:45 AM, really excited and ready to get to work. especially because kim and i were going to work together for the morning shift just like old times. the catch is that kim had the key. i arrived at the bean at 6:25 sharp and sat in my car and waited. and waited and waited. i called kim about sixty times (not exaggerating) but her phone was dead. why i felt the need to call a dead phone a stupid amount of times, i'll never know. at any rate. kimi made it at about eight thirty. and because this blog is for coffee and coffeeshops NOT airing dirty laundry, all i'll say is that she did NOT get fired! hooray! hokay. anyways, we got the shop up and running and all was well. kimi went home for the rest of the day and i was left to run the shop by myself.
not a big deal.
until two PM rolled around when my shift was over.
then taylor didn't show up.
so i called my boss and asked her if this happened a lot and she said no, but to wait until two thirty because taylor may have been confused.
i called my boss again at two forty five, still lacking my coworker.
she said she would be here as soon as she could, but she had errands to run.
she showed up and we redid the schedule and i was under the impression that i would be pulling a fifty hour week.
i left at four with an hour to run errands get dressed and go on a date.

but luckily today they called one of the other girls from the fayetteville shop and she's going to come down and relieve me. and she and i will be covering a lot over the next couple days. oy.

however, what made yesterday so bad was not solely the insane turns of events. while all of that was going on i ran out of cigarettes, got a complaint about a milkshake (-_-), and oh yeah, i was trying to get to charlotte for a date. and i thought that i would have to work thirteen hours today. which would have been pretty rough.

so my day ended very chaotically with a quick run to the gas station for cigarettes, a stop by the ups store, and a glorious 30-second sprint through my house while getting ready and out the door again. once i got in the car i realized i hadn't eaten all day and quickly forgot as traffic was hell.

but yesterday is over!

and today i have managed to spill half a container of iced coffee, half a gallon of milk, and hit my head so hard that i almost knocked myself out.

*awkward laugh and thumbs up*

i've missed this shop a lot. it's been difficult getting used to a normal-sized coffee shop, but i love it.

more posting later about the shop in general.