I awake to find myself completely exhausted. It seems I have not been able to have a good nights sleep in months.
But this is no problem, this tiredness, because I have the power of coffee! And the day before I had just purchased said coffee. I drink two cups of joe and head, do yoga for quite some time, make a fruit salad and go to a picnic.
After a couple lazy hours in the sun with friends I realize I am still tired. Not only that but I am going on a home visit at 4 and then have a study circle at 7:00 so I need some sort of energy. Anna and I go to Portofino's Coffee House (I finally found a coffee shop!).
I consume a good amount of coffee there and then am ready for my home visit! And what a visit it was! We started out with dinner, homemade Ethiopian cuisine. Nigsty is very worried about her English so she had her two daughters stay and tell me stories. It was fantastic. Then Nigsty began to roast her own coffee beans, a custom when having guests. We watched a Canadian version of Candid Camera while drinking coffee. Very delicious, very strong.
There were so many different flavors in this small cup. What I didn't know about the custom, as she offered me more, was that after my second cup she would boil the coffee again and then I would have another cup of coffee. When that third cup was done, she would boil the coffee a final time and then serve me one more time. So when I was finished with this fourth cup it was 7 and I was completely wired. I was not aware of this though and said my goodbyes and thank yous and rushed on to my study circle.
The study circle is at Caribou Coffee and my two participants are inside waiting for me. I run in and explain the situation to them. Unfortunately it came out something like this:
"Sorrysomuchiwasatahomevisitanditstheircustomtoservecoffeeandfirstsheroasteditandthenihadfour
cupsbecauseyouhavetoboilitthreetimessoi'mreallysorryiwaslatei'mjustgonnagetsomethingtodrink
butidon'tthinkthati'llhaveanythingwithcaffeinecuzithinki'vehadenoughsorryagaintokeepyouwaiting."
Now, not only my table, but the girl next to us started laughing. I don't mean a few chuckles, i mean, trying to stay on their chairs laughing. They took out cell phones and started filming me. I turned around jumped (according to them) 12 inches in the air and ran the two feet to the counter to order. The barista was highly amused and suggested decaf. I accepted.
When our study circle was over, the participants were worried that my jittery foot would get me in an accident on my way home. I called a friend and we hung out until I chilled out...a lot. I couldn't get to sleep for quite a few hours and then woke up much earlier than I had intended.
At least I made people laugh.
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Count me as one of those who were made to laugh by your exploits. hilarious. I've been there, Melon, though very few were there to watch my jitters and stumbles.
Glad that you found a coffee shop!! I knew it was inevitable.
oh man... i started to panic when i read that you started your morning with two cups of coffee! (little did i know what would follow!) cuz i usually drink only a half cup when i drink coffee, which isnt that often. haha! wow!
This made me laugh as well! :-) And, I think I might be meeting you this weekend (you're going to be at the mini-conference, yes?), which is made all the more cool by the fact that I just met your lovely brother (maybe sort of again; well, officially anyway) the weekend before last. Huzzah!
and i am laughing as well...
hehe... amateur. :-)
Reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where Kramer sues the coffee shop and wins free coffee for the rest of his life...
Hmmm... I think it's quite possible that everything that can conceivably happen to a person reminds me of a Seinfeld episode. That's either some mystical property of the universe or else I really need to turn off the dang TV...
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