9 - Go for Coffee

Years ago, when I was helping and coaching in a school production, I would often take a kid "for coffee" ... with parental permission, we'd go someplace 'for coffee', and talk over their unique situation and how I could help them.  This was long before Starbucks or Second Cup came on the scene, long before Kuirig or Tassimo or any other personal coffee maker.  This was in the 1990s ... and the single operators were there, but not common.  The best I often could do was a place called Michelangelo's (which was more a pub/bar than a coffee shop) or Denny's, which was open all night.

Now, it's the rage.  I got together with TK yesterday, first time in a looooong while, and we 'went for coffee' - to Starbucks.  And, though it was a Monday afternoon (don't people work any more?), we could not find a table at one and got the last table at another.  And ... we left 4 hrs later; I didn't look at my watch once!!   She is a good friend, with a positive outlook, and we are very similar in a lot of ways.  Funny ... how this friendship came out of the difficult one with KJ!

Moments of Gratitude for Today
1/ Today, I'm grateful for the wonderful talk and time spent with TK.
2/ Today, I'm grateful for finding out that my last company did the right thing when they let me go.  But always good to check to make sure!
3/ Today, I'm grateful for the bit of cleaning I got done. I always feel much stronger when that happens!
4/ Today, I'm grateful for hearing from my brother.  He is spending time on a class trip with his son and though that means leaving his daughter behind, I'm glad he can spend this time with my nephew.
5/ Today, I'm grateful for another week, to push forward and keep trying!  Two more paid weeks, and here's to the plan that something happens by then! The only way it can happen though is by DOING what I need to do.  And, eliminating that fuzzy, non-committal vocabulary from my language is the place to start!