~Awesome~
Those friends that leave you with a stomach ache from laughing.
When friends come in to the coffee shop! (Mrs. S., so fun to see you guys! :))
Car rides with Joe, all the windows down, Hunter Hayes and Josh Turner blasting at ear-splitting volumes, singing as loud as we possibly can. I repeat, as loud as we possibly can. And that's very, very loud. :D I can only be that much myself around very special people. ;)
Chocolate. Cake.
Caribou. Coffee. Specifically, blended turtle mocha's. Perfection. Absolute. Perfection.
A customer coming in the day after you worked to talk to your boss and give him a good report about you....MADE MY DAY.
When you can finish customer's sentences for them. "I'd like a skim latte please" ..."with no froth, right?" "That's right!" *inside voice shouting* "SCORE!"
When customers come in, you see them coming, know them by name, and start making their drink before they get to the counter.
You have some tests coming up and your boss said you could bring your books and study during the slower times. You head over to your table in the corner with your backpack. The group of about 8 grandpa's that come in every day are sitting at the big table nearby. The convo goes something like this.... Grandpa #1 "Emily! Are you leaving us already?" You: "Nope! Just doing some studying, I have some tests coming up!" "Oh, what tests are you doing?" "Western Civilization and College Composition!" Grandpa #2, "Oh, you don't need that laptop! We gotcha covered! Steve over here is a history teacher..." Grandpa #3, "Yeah, and John here, he's an English teacher!" Grandpa John, "Yep, you just write me a paragraph and I'll correct it for you!" They continue telling you what the different Grandpa's are gonna teach you, and are all like "You don't need any books, we'll teach you!" And then Grandpa Ray, who is a retired pastor, chimes in, "And I'll pray for you!" You just die laughing. "Thanks Grandpa Ray, I'm definitely gonna need it! In fact, let's just skip the studying and I'll just take those test on faith!" By this time we are all pretty much roaring with laughter...and I know this is becoming a ridiculously long story...but then Grandpa Ray tells a little story about a pastor who decided to not study for his sermon and just give it on faith. He got up to the pulpit and prayed and asked God what his sermon should be, and God told him that actually he was just being lazy, and He didn't have a sermon for him. (Enough he's and him's to confuse you in that sentence? Yeah, I figured.) So you all conclude that you had better study, after all. Those guys though....they just make you laugh. so. much.!!!
Phone calls with Joe while he's driving and he sings Josh Turner songs to me. It's adorrrrrable. <3
Coming up with specialty drinks at work. :D
Going down a water slide the little brothers created down the root cellar...and screaming like you're on a roller coaster. And an awkward would be...those swimming trunks I'm wearing? Yeah, couldn't find my bathing suit, so my older brother's old pair of shorts worked. XD
Coaching Calls with my amazing coach. Where I go from super discouraged to on top of the world in about 45 minutes. Can't recommend CollegePlus enough!
Feeling like I have my own personal coffee shop, because my wonderful boss let's me go in before hours and make myself a latte early in the morning. :D
Summer evenings walking around with the .22 hunting bunnies. And being hunted by mosquitoes. That part isn't so awesome.
~Awkward~
You usually write down people's names on their order slips. After weeks of writing down the same group of lady's names, you're pretty sure you remember this lady's name. "It's Barb, right?" Umm nope, it wasn't Barb. That's what you get for guessing! "Ok, so which one is Barb?!" So you should get it right next time. ;P
After a long day at work, you're super tired, and just finishing up closing with a coworker. Almost ready to go, and you clumsily knock her coffee off the counter and all over the newly-mopped floor. Feel like an idiot, and there's a great cleanup job...just wanted to mop more! '_'
FaceTiming with Joe so late into the night that you get to the point of being able to do nothing but laugh hysterically because you're so tired....
When one of your "regulars", a coffee-drinking, sweet ol' Grandpa, brings in his grandson to meet you.... O.o It was...yes, very awkward, but kind of funny too! :P
When it's been a long day at the coffee shop, and customers comes in, "Can I have a medium latte?" Me: "Yep! What size would you like?" They start to repeat themselves. Then..."oh, I'm sorry, yes, you told me that, yup, I need some coffee too here, just been a long day, and you know, maybe I'll just shut up and make your latte now."
Another regular Grandpa who comes in and is all like "You just have the best smile! All the young guys must love your smile! You just have such a beautiful smile!...." And stands there and chatters away about your smile while you stand there and keep smiling...and smiling...and it's getting awkward and your smile hurts...and he stands there and keeps talking about your smile. "IT'S DYING NOW, GRANDPA." He's a sweetheart, though. :)
Your boss telling the ladies waiting for their lattes, "You keep an eye on her, she has this new boyfriend and her head is all in the clouds!" Thanks boss. :P
Falling asleep while talking to your boyfriend. Then wondering if you said anything stupid the next morning.
When a young couple comes in for breakfast, and kind of stand there at the counter making out... umm, let me know when you're ready to order, ok? I can only pretend to be studying something on the register for so long.
Your car isn't exactly waterproof....and it rained. So after a good 45 minute drive, you're walking around in public and you realize the whole backside of you is wet. '_'
When the part of your day involving driving to the cities and back (or trying to) pretty much goes like this: try to drive to destination (Caribou, this particular one that you've been to twice before), get lost. Almost turn onto an exit ramp in your attempt to become un-lost. Thankfully, you see the "DO NOT ENTER" sign before it is too late. Run through a stop sign. Finally get to your destination. Study for a while. Go to meet your boyfriend at Chipotle. Get lost on the way to Chipotle. Make it to Chiptole. Eat Chipotle. Go back to Caribou. Park. Get out. Put your keys in your purse. (Ok, so you didn't. But you could swear you did.) Have Caribou. Head back out to put your purse in your car and go for a walk. Keys are not there. Keys are nowhere to be found. The next hour included phone calls, asking for a wire hanger in a random shop, trying to get it unlocked, no success. So, boyfriend gives you a ride to the next destination, then home to get a spare key, then all the way back. You finally arrive back at your car about 5 hours later. You go to unlock it and notice the "TWO HOUR PARKING" sign in front of your vehicle. '_' Yes this story keeps going. You get your car unlocked, FIND YOUR KEYS IN THE CENTER CONSUL NEXT TO YOUR SUNGLASSES, and get outta there asap. Get partially lost on the way home. Then, almost hit a deer. Finally arrive home, wiped out, stumble into the house, and indulge in a late night snack. One of your brothers wakes up, comes into the kitchen and is like "Em, you left your lights on...." '_' I was like FACE. PALM. What else can I possibly do wrong today? Actually, the more positive way to look at this would be, "I can't do anything else wrong today! I've done it all." .... '_' (Is that more positive?) Please don't ask me how I passed my driver's test. I really do think of myself as a good driver...I never text and drive, etc. etc. I just have these days sometimes....anyways. Thus ends the saga of The Day I Did Everything Wrong.
Falling asleep while studying. Oh, it was in the middle of a coffee shop. *wakes up* *wipes drool off face* *looks around* No one saw that, right? *shrinks under table*
And that wraps up this edition of Awkward + Awesome! Til next time!
