coffee is a miracle drug
i'm out of coffee. the moment i wake up in the morning the first thing that always goes through my head is, "how long till i get my coffee?". this morning, the usual pattern. but, then, apon realizing that i drank the last of it yesterday morning, i went into almost pure panic-mode. "ok. first i'll have tea. then as soon as i get to school i'll be able to have coffee. ok. i can do this."
pulling into the school parking lot i passed some kids walking in front of my car. my usual smiles and pleasantries (toyoura chu) were nowhere to be seen and i gripped the stearing wheel more tightly and pursed my lips "get the hell out of the way" i thought, finally pulling into a parking space flanked by 7 white cars on either side (all SUVs, minivans or station wagons).
last night was not the best of nights either, and the feeling-sorry-for-myself-i-hate-this-country mood wasn't lifted as usual by my first-thing-do-not-pass-go-morning coffee, inhaled within 2 minutes of waking. thank goodness i'm not at saruhashi chu today. and i'm now able to drive my car again after picking up the spare from gio...and also able to lock my apartment after having gotten a copy from the BOE yesterday. maybe i'll come home today to find the old drunk man who lives somewhere on my street (and who i sometimes pass late at night, lying in the snow at the side of the road, flask in hand and mumbling incoherant japanese) sleeping on my couch or playing with yosuke (or trying to eat him). good thing this is japan and not ...er...port moresby.
now, at my desk, two cups of coffee later, i have a brighter outlook on everything. amazing is this drug.
pulling into the school parking lot i passed some kids walking in front of my car. my usual smiles and pleasantries (toyoura chu) were nowhere to be seen and i gripped the stearing wheel more tightly and pursed my lips "get the hell out of the way" i thought, finally pulling into a parking space flanked by 7 white cars on either side (all SUVs, minivans or station wagons).
last night was not the best of nights either, and the feeling-sorry-for-myself-i-hate-this-country mood wasn't lifted as usual by my first-thing-do-not-pass-go-morning coffee, inhaled within 2 minutes of waking. thank goodness i'm not at saruhashi chu today. and i'm now able to drive my car again after picking up the spare from gio...and also able to lock my apartment after having gotten a copy from the BOE yesterday. maybe i'll come home today to find the old drunk man who lives somewhere on my street (and who i sometimes pass late at night, lying in the snow at the side of the road, flask in hand and mumbling incoherant japanese) sleeping on my couch or playing with yosuke (or trying to eat him). good thing this is japan and not ...er...port moresby.
now, at my desk, two cups of coffee later, i have a brighter outlook on everything. amazing is this drug.
posted by Justine at 8:38 p.m.
10 Comments:
i gotta say J, i do avoid you like the plague in the mornings....until youve had your coffee. ;-)
feeling better?
i was feeling better...until i see we have NATTO SALAD for lunch.
...someone's out to ruin this day for me.
natto salad?!?1
WTF is that? It sounds awful.
no not natto, i had forgotten about it... coffee, yes!!
it is about half of what i consume each day.. cute pic.
xo
yeah i was never into coffee before i met justine.
i blame her too.
justine, you have so many days of nenkyu why dont you give yourself a few days off
the natto salad had little chunks of cheese in it. i even went as far as tasting a bit with my chopsticks before almost wretching and having to down some miso soup to get that rotten poonani taste out of my mouth.
natalie, did you get my email? when do you go to LA? i'm excited to hear all about it.
debs, kat: i take full responsibility for your coffee addictions. whenever you kip over the first thing i ask you in the morning is, "coffee or tea?" or is it COFFEE or tea? or coffee or TEA???....anyway. see, i was paying attention at mid-year.
my friggen computer is going to crash. i keep having to screw around with the screen to get it working...WTF? what the hell am i going to do at work without a pc???
and, you guys are right. i'm taking monday off. i'm going to go skiing with debs and lins and take an onsen and eat some ramen and have some girl time. i need it.
sounds like a plan
wish me and kate could come!
got the nenkyu. 3 day weekend. wick.
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