4 posts tagged “coffee”
so, yesterday at tuesday night potluck, jenna & michelle & i bleached parts of our hair... but mostly, it was my hair. & first the colour alarmed me and i became needy and annoying about how i did not like it, ... but now i do. just my bangs & first layer-ish is bleached.
also.. i'm getting my haircut tomorrow at a hairdressing school.... it's cheap, but it takes a long ass time... so i've booked my day pretty free.
i keep on thinking it is the evening because i opened at starbucks today; i worked 5am-12:45pm. it's a total change from my usual work day at the group home of 11am-7pm, so my brain is a little confused. today was bittersweet as i realized how much i really do like working at starbucks, but aren't really able to very often.... maybe that's why i like it so much currently. i really don't know what i'm going to do when i don't get a free pound of coffee a week & 30% off frappucino splurges.
tonight i am going to see my friend mike harloff play at sneaky dee's, he's half decent. :)
day two of giving up caffeine:
i'm so exhausted, and it's only 3pm- i got a 8 hour sleep, and all i've done today is go to a housing not war rally & now i'm sitting at school working on an essay.
this sucks.
stay tuned for the next two days: opening at my caffeine-abundant workplace (have to get up at 4:15a).
AHHH!
ok, the whole point of lent is self-sacrifice in order to prepare and reflect on the death&ressurection of Jesus. so i'm going to try to do that. i just need a wee bit of grace.
I read in my Great-Grandmother's bible today: "I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness"* and felt like, yes, I would like to things with little recognition or acceptance if only to be in the presence of my God.
I have no affinity for the King James Version but I do have a great affinity for this bible; I keep it with me nearly every day. It goes travelling with me; bump bump down the street on my side as I ride down Queen Street, hides with me in a oversized chair in a fair trade coffee shop, comes to school with me too. Its pages are gold plated and its leather cover is worn. Her writing shows she was a faithful bible reader.
Ideally I would like a small bible with a version I prefer/understand more fully at first read, but maybe God is teaching me something about longevity, concentration, cherishing what is given to me.
Or maybe I just really like old looking things.
*psalm 84:10
I guess sometimes you just need a mirror held up to you.
How is it that I could be so 'fuzzy' about a decision when such significant things were occurring that were obviously pointing me one way? Too often I let my doubts, fears and selfish wants get in the way of, well, life. I can so easily write off things that are quite possibly things God is calling me into. shh... wanna know a secret? you're one of the first to know,.... i'm going to zambia in july
It's really scary trying to follow Jesus, but I highly recommend it.
I'm back to listening to Regina Spektor. I know what that means, and I don't like it.
I'm too tired to make this post more reflective or elaborate, so goodnight.
Can't wait to start my day tomorrow with a beautiful americano & a gorgeous 5K bike ride! Seriously, I got on my bike today and started giggling. I'm infatuated.
"I do not exist," we faithfully insist
while watching sink the heavy ship of everything we knew
if ever you come near I'll hold up high a mirror
Lord, I could never show you anything as beautiful as you
-messes of men, mewithoutYou
