Day Two

First some bitching and moaning, then some inspiration. lol

Alright, first off. When it's 5:00 in the morning, do you really think that your opening barista wants a shit ton of work to do? Especially when it takes the half an hour they get before opening just to get the normal stuff done?

The answer is ABSOLUTELY NO! And I was really surprised this morning when I had every single frappuccino base to make, on top of setting up the pastry case, brewing coffee (hot and iced), making tea, setting up the bar, etc. etc. etc. On top of THAT I was working with a new shift manager who doesn't really know the routine we openers have at my store, so I ended up doing the majority of the opening tasks myself.

So okay, for a monday morning? That kind of sucked. Luckily it turned out to be a pretty slow day, and a short one for me anyway.

Now moving on! This weekend I went to a family reunion. Blah blah blah, lots of old people I didn't know and feeling awkward. AFTER that, David, Lou and I went met up to go see "Across the Universe". Which is a new musical out, using only Beatles songs. It was pretty brilliant, and I had to go out and buy the soundtrack the next day. So! If anyone reads this, go see "Across the Universe"! It's an interesting movie, and definetly enjoyable if you like the Beatles.

Now, for the Inspiration part. I got this little speech from a customer. He'd gone in to speak to his daughter's econ club, and gave us the speech after he'd finished. And I really liked it, so I'm going to share with all two people who will probably read this.


Imagine there is a bank account that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day.
Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course?
Each of us has such a bank. It's name is TIME.
Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds.
Every night it writes off as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to a good purpose.
It carries over no balance. It allows no over draft. Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day.
If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours. There is no drawing against "tomorrow."
You must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness and success!
The clock is running! Make the most of today.

To realise the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade.

To realise the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.

To realise the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.

To realise the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.

To realise the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who just missed a train.

To realise the value of ONE SECOND, ask someone who just avoided an accident.

To realise the value of ONE MILLISECOND, ask the person who won a silver medal at the Olympics.

Treasure every moment that you have. And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time with. And remember time waits for no one.

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.