152 insights into my soul...

recently i realized that i've fully embraced the northwest culture...by visiting starbucks on a regular basis. the funny thing is, i'm not a huge coffee drinker, but for some reason i feel the call of that grande caramel no whip mocha just the same. i always think of that scene in "you've got mail" where tom hanks says that starbucks is for people with no decision-making ability whatsoever to make six decisions just to buy one cup of coffee. oh how i relate, because making decisions is not my strong suit. that's why i made those decisions once and then i just get the same thing every time. but, i also really love the atmosphere of coffee shops, all warm and cozy smelling like coffee. people sitting around reading, studying, playing games. great place to people watch.

i began to frequent starbucks on the way to work because i'm not a morning person and something about the thought of caffeine or the smell of coffee helps. i've been told that you can teach yourself to be a morning person, but after getting up at the same time for almost a year and it not getting any easier, i disagree. i'm the type of person that thinks a good day is getting to work without having to say a word to anyone before i get there, which is difficult to accomplish when faced with the entirely too chipper drive thru lady who wants to talk to me about my job, her job, the weather, and how sales are going that morning. i feel the desire to strangle this woman while saying, "i don't care if the peppermint mocha is the hot item today i just want my coffee so i can go," in the nicest way possible of course. i'm not normally prone to violent outbursts, but when there is an extremely chatty woman in between me and my caffeine, i get a little disgruntled. i'm beginning to realize that i might have a problem, i'll get some help for that.