Sometimes it feels like 81 stretches from one end of the earth to the other. It is the first part of the path forward to New York City and my future, but it also reaches back to Watertown and my first everythings, and it continues to Fort Drum and wasted second chances. Beyond that are…
Category: Reality Check
The stories of what are happening in my life.
Nothing Says “I love you” like CAPSLOCK
So the other night I decided it was time get out of the apartment and meet people. I eased into my jeans, pulled on my red spaghetti strap shirt, shrugged into my vest, touched up my makeup, and pulled on my ankle-cut boots. I double checked where I was going, where I would switch trains….
Happy Trails (and not the fun kind)
I have problems with buses. Lots of problems. They probably started in elementary school when I had to take the school bus and Anthony wouldn’t let me sit next to my best friend. These issues were exacerbated by overhearing someone have phone sex on a school bus years later, which were compounded by a few…
All Rational Thought Has Been Currently Suspended
I have one really irrational fear. I can’t really explain where it came from, but I do have some theories. Let me set it up for you. I work at a coffee shop. I am a shift lead and, therefore, a key holder. I am an opener. I wake up at 4am to get to…
Bed Bugs are Assholes and Other Important Information
Okay Folks! I had a really fun V-day so I’m going to stretch its magnificence over a couple posts! So let’s start off with bed bugs. I had a bed bug scare a while ago and it was a nightmare. My skin was crawling and I spent weeks covered in horrible bites ready to cry…
Nuts
1/3/14 Also on a terribly delightful note: Customer: *sets down cup of trail mix that has craisins, raisins, nuts, etc in it* Me: Will that be all? Customer: Yes Me: That’ll be 4.00 Customer: *starts fishing around in his wallet* Me: *brightly* You know who also has really good nuts? *everyone freezes – customer, and…
Babeland
So yesterday, halfway through my shift, I started singing Salt ‘n’ Pepa’s song “Let’s Talk About Sex” Pitch Perfect style. I sang it to myself, to my coworkers, and to no one in general. Why, you might ask, was I singing this specific song and why is it so important that I mention it? Well,…
Most Favoritest Words
1/10/14 This is the follow up post to Least Favorite Words. The next day I worked I asked people what their favorite words were. As someone who talks a lot and loves words I had a ton of fun with this. There was a three-way tie for Number One Coffee – Desperate, desperate people. But…
Chooose Your Words Carefully
1/8/14 So today I went to work at the cafe, per usual. I opened with Quentin, he was late (as expected, he missed his train). Paula came in at 8:00am and as I was switching out the milks and she was fixing a bagel, I complained that “of course my period starts the one day…
Little Gentian 