Follow Up & Direction

So for those of you that I left hanging the other night, the Thai food, while extremely tasty...was not the best thing I ever ate.

Closure, it's good for the soul.

Also, a little direction as to the path we're heading down this week. Still under the umbrella of Taking Stock, this week's task is Recognizing Your Strengths and Weaknesses. Both Wendy and I will do a little digging, maybe even ask some people close to us their opinion (promptly disregard it), and then report back.

Stay Tuned!

P.S. I just want to send a virtual Thank You to the dread-locked sweetheart of a man that served me my coffee in the Dunkin Donuts drive through this morning. I have never seen anything like it. The first time I had the pleasure of driving through this miniature pleasure dome, he recognized me by saying, "Good Morning, Wow! A New Face! Have a great day!" That time, I merely grimaced through my RayBan Aviators and grunted an obligatory, "Yea, whatever." (So sue me, I carry the hereditary bitch gene (Thanks, Mom) AND it was pre-coffee.)

By today, probably my third or so visit, I was actually totally excited to drive up and see him. Instead of a guttural moan, he got a cheery, "Hey! Good morning, how are you?!?" I could barely get it out before he leaned out of the window to wave and beckon the next car towards the window shouting, "What's up big guy?! Good morning!" Clearly, a regular. It was all so surreal. I found myself dreamily wondering if someday I would be able to pull up to the voice box, and just mention, "What's Up Guys? It's Tink, give me the usual." Because that would be awesome. (Somehow the instruction: Splash of Skim Milk always gets misconstrued.)

His zest for life, while working at a mid-rate chain donut shoppe is borderline unbelievable and should serve as a lesson to all of us.

Wake up and smell the coffee, people.