Lack of blogging skills

Wow. I am really slacking on this blog thing. The point of this whole thing is to give my family and friends a place to see what I'm up to (and who knows if anyone really reads this thing). Anywho, I said I would update with all the pictures from Adam and Jamie's wedding... but since the first blog took so long... forget it. All I can say is, I bought waterproof mascara for that weekend for a reason, and I put it to good use. I cried every 2 minutes during that ceremony, I made TONS of new friends, and we all had the time of our lives.

Moving on...

Since August many things have changed in my life. Dave is working three jobs now (that's right... three). He is still delivering bread for Big River 5 mornings a week. He is also now hosting lunch Monday/ Wednesday/ Friday at Big River. And to add to that, he is now working at the Corvallis Cyclery a few afternoons a week. He's a busy boy. And that's a good thing. Because I'm just as busy.

I was recently promoted to the manager position at my coffee shop in Corvallis (might I add that was my second promotion in under 4 months. Go me). As soon as I was told that I would be stepping in as manager, I was busier than a bumble bee. My first week of manager I worked seven days, caught a mild case of strep throat, and worked over 43 hours. Yeah. Killer. Since that first week things have gotten a little easier. I am now recovering from another cold, but things are running more smoothly. There were a few mishaps those first few weeks (like the week that Food Services of America delivered us a case of Grey Popon mustard instead of our usual 30 lb. box of Ghiradelli white chocolate. I threw a fit. We still have that box sitting in the back room... we did get our chocolate 2 days late.... after I yelled (politely) at a few people on the phone.)

The last weekend of October we are going to Coffee Fest though, a perk of being manager now. A trip to Seattle with my boss, Paul, fellow manager of the cafe, Garrett, and my assistant manager, Desiree. In honor of this upcoming trip, I would like to share with you a video I found on the Barista Guild of America blog. It makes fun of how dramatic and ridiculous competing professional baristas can be.

Hope all is well with everyone! I'm really looking forward to my trip and to the holidays. I miss my family! Got to get going... Dave should be home from work soon!