I’m taking my second week long break from Facebook in the past few months. I’m not looking for some cookie or congratulations. I just realized that I spent too much time composing updates in my head, too much time worrying about things people had left on my comments etc and one final worry about someone’s reaction to me made me decide to lighten up and get off the damn thing. So, there’s that. I have tons to do and it is simply a time suck. I don’t need updates about people I don’t know, people from high school I never liked, and ex-boyfriends who did nothing but make me miserable. I’m considering deleting my account. That might be overkill.
I’m at work and it’s been hard lately. I wish I could really vent about it, but I can’t in this forum. I will start seeing a therapist on Monday who is not my current therapist and this makes me sad. I have put a call in to Dr. S, the previous/current therapist, to talk to her about this development. I’m just too messy and moody to not have someone keeping me honest. I love my friends and family, but it’s too much to expect all of ya’ll to do that all the time. And presumably I can talk to this therapist about work stuff that is hard. I hope to be able to see Dr. S again in the fall when I’m commuting to classes again.
The coffee we have at work is absolutely revolting. The worst I’ve ever had. I drink it, and plenty of it. Basically this coffee tastes like gas station coffee that you might get at a cigarette outlet store. The Chai Tea is disgusting. I can’t even drink it. The Early Grey is like bubble bath and the Hazelnut is indescribably bad.It’s disgusting. I’m sorry. It’s the truth. That might make me a snob. So be it. We also have a machine in the waiting room for clients. People rave about it. They love the Milky Way creamy topping.
But, what’s worse is that it is very non-ecological. The brand is Flavia. Their website is http://www.myflavia.com/. It’s world-wide. It’s part of the Mars corporation, it looks like. Here’s what it looks like, only this version is a little hotter, a little more hip than the one we have http://us.myflavia.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3442362. Each cup of coffee is brewed from a plastic, sealed packet that has some extra plastic parts attached to make it compatible with the machine. The cups each packet make are small, maybe 6 oz. I have to use 2 to fill my reasonably sized coffee mug. Some other people use mugs, but many use the diposable cups with disposable lids and stirrers and add cream and sugar from single-serve packets. There is nothing resusable, recyclable, or even reductionist about the whole thing. I asked why we have this machine. The answer was maddening: “People kept going to the coffee pot and it was empty and they didn’t have time to brew coffee or if they brewed coffee, it would be gone when they got back.” Really? That’s it? There wasn’t a better solution?
We could have a few different pots brewing across the office building. I can think of at least 4 places we could put pots of coffee. We can take turns being “in charge” of coffee, either each day or each week. And we have lots of front desk staff who could help with it. They are in charge of the Flavia machine. Some people would probably be glad to bring in their own little machines for their office. Can’t we all be courteous of others and if we use the last of the coffee, make a new pot? Have 2 pots going like they do at Sheetz. And is it THAT terrible if you have to wait 5 god damn minutes for your coffee???
And while I’m on the topic, aren’t you skeptical of creamers that can sit out for days and days and days and NOT spoil or curdle? The Land o’ Lakes Mini Moos claim to be half and half. Half what? All the dairy products I know have a short shelf life even if they are refrigerated. But don’t worry. I sent the company an email asking about it. We’ll see what they say. I bet I get coupons in the mail.
I’ve been doing pretty well with the food at work thing. I bring less, I eat less, and I listen to why and when I eat. Yesterday was a very very hard day and I managed to mostly do OK except at 4pm when I gorged on my homemade brownies. I try to listen to my body, to feel if I’m actually hungry.
Later I plan to blog more about our garden (maybe with pictures), our yogurt and sprouts, and my bike. Along with that, of course, will be my neurotic thoughts and feelings associated with all of it.
June 10, 2009 at 3:01 pm |
My office doesn’t even have any sort of coffee available throughout the day. I stop at this local coffee shop each morning. It’s expensive (which is good because it limits me to one a day) but the family that owns it is local and I like supporting them. I’ve tried to be good about bringing my own mug instead of getting a plastic cup every day (I get mine iced) but more often than not I forget to bring it. This makes me feel guilty. I should maybe have 3 mugs or something that I alternate, keeping a couple in the car.
I imagine it’ll be weird starting a new therapist. I miss Dr. S. a lot sometimes. Good job on decreasing the snacks.
I miss you. Wish the 4 of us could get together and just hang out – with or without crochet/knit projects.
P.S. Sorry this comment is slightly fragmented, it’s 8am and I haven’t finished my coffee yet
June 10, 2009 at 4:11 pm |
facebook is annoying and awesome at the same time. sometimes i think that it’s allowing me to not develop a social support network here b/c i can still check in with all “my people.” but it’s not the same. i don’t want to stop checking in with my people, but i have got to have face-to-face connections too, ya know?
we have disgusting coffee at my workplace too, but everyone has their own pots too. i think i had flavia at my hairdressers once. wasn’t all that impressed.
ok, back to work.