spent like brewed bean would be

So today I finished a whirlwind of a weekend that put my Sweetwater stress levels to trial. I covered quit a few shifts this weekend for those that wanted to do the V-day thing (this is not me complaining, I'm happy for those that enjoy that day.....), to be exact I worked a total of 27 hours over the course of 2.5 days. It was good to be back hard at work, sometimes when pulling regular shifts each week I forget how chill of a job this can be. Friday, started the whole deal, working from 6am until 5pm, at the end of this shift I was surprisingly energetic, but this was mostly due to the fact I was doing two pretty awesome things:
awesome thing #1: going to one of my favorite retreat spots- Octane Coffee in Atlanta
awesome thing #2: getting to see John Fogleman compete in a latte art competition
forgotten about awesome thing #3: I got to have a beer at a coffee shop
This is one of my favorite places to have a beer or a glass of wine simply because we baristi are, although we usually refuse to admit it, slightly if not sometimes extremely snobby about what we involve ourselves with. If you want an opinion, stop by your locally owned coffee shop and bring up music, cigarettes, or beverage choice, and chances you'll get an interesting answer about some obscure band that only five people have heard of eventhough it's been around for like thre years, be informed about a cigarette that just got imported from London, or the best coffee, beer or wine that we may have "just run out of but if you're ever lucky enough, you should try it" I say all of this in a joking manner but I love this life, my life that is, that I choose, that I love. the same life that chose to take on the hella-huge workload this weekend.
After Atlanta, I slept the way back to Milly and awoke just as we pulled into my driveway. Enter double day number two...Ahem:
Saturday, V-day, Feliz dia de San Valentin <-------yeah whatever, hooray!!!
Anyway, I actually called go in and didn't come until 8 this day, thanks Josh and B. Curry for allowing me to get some extra sleep. Bee tee dubs Britters is doing a great job, for those wondering. Anyway, at the end of the first shift I realized that I was working the second double by myself, crap, that was tough <--- and that is an understatement, but the tips were nice thanks to all contributors. At the end of this day it was a night out with the crew of people that have become my non-related family, a huge group of singles, and some not so singles enjoying the company of one another over darts and other add-ons.
Skip to this morning, because that's pretty much what my memory allows, beginning off the last shift of the weekend. 7am until 2pm, good times with Hague on his last shift at the bird:


this picture came when I searched Micheal Hague in Google images.
All in all this has been a long eyeopening weekend, and although I do not plan on working like this again for a while, it was nice to realize my abilities by actually using them, instead of just saying or thinking that I could. Hope you all have a great week this week.

Peace love and coffee <----lame, but deal with it, out!
Chris