Busy Holidays
I am so exhausted and so busy at work. We have the week off after Christmas but we also have all the end of quarter and end of year things that have to be done before January 1. I don’t see how I can get it all done and still take the time off from work after Christmas.
PLEASE don’t make me come in over the Christmas break! I can’t bear it – the only thing keeping me going this month is the thought of one whole glorious week to sleep late and relax with family and friends. The holidays are a lot of stress and a lot of work, but we need some time to relax and enjoy the time, too.
Fog and Fine Mists
About a half dozen times every year we have a morning with fog or a mist that makes visibility a challenge. For some reason people driving on the interstate don’t want to slow down. Without fail, when one of those fools hits the patch of highway in front of the dam, they slam on the brakes because they can’t see and then they slide into the guardrail. All I can say is, they are lucky the state put guardrails up, because without the guardrails those vehicles would slide right off the road and end up in the river.
Fog is nature’s way of telling us to slow down, look a little harder at what is in front of you. Sometimes you let your mind take over in autopilot and you don’t take enough care. I welcome the fog and the mist – and I respect the message.
Espresso
This morning I learned how to make espresso. It was pretty cool and I feel like I could work at Starbucks and turn out hundreds of cups of espresso or coffee!
Actually, I would not like that job very much. People who go to Starbucks have very high expectations and are extremely particular about what their drink tastes like. I would think that good customer service would be very hard to deliver to those customers.
The espresso is a finer grind of the coffee, and you have to tap it down into the drip cup. Then you have make use of the steam from the hot water forced through the coffee grounds and use that steam to make the milk or cream hot and frothy. It is not that hard to learn, but it is good to have someone who knows what they are doing show you each step instead of trying to read it in an instruction manual.
Next thing for me is to start experimenting with adding different flavors, such as chocolate or caramel. And then on to latte, cappuccino and iced coffees. The world of delicious coffee is at my fingertips!