Coffee Klatch

In case you never heard me say it, “I LOVE HAVING A STARBUCKS ON CAMPUS!” I absolutely LOVE it! I can walk there whenever I like. No cars necessary and just a couple of minutes away from dark-roasted, caffeinated bliss!

Today has been a LONG day. I’ve been at work for over 12 hours now and still have a couple hours to go. We had the grand opening of the “Earthquake 1906″ exhibit this morning (visit DawgBlog, our library blog, to read more about that) so I needed to be here to get everything ready. By the time the grand opening and the PhotoShop demo were over, it was after 12:00. Since I had to be here for the 5pm - 10pm shift, I figured, “Why leave?” It was good that I stayed, too, because there were things I was able to do. Plus, now I can justify taking comp time later this week.

Anyway, we’ve also been having a heat issue here in the library this week. I think something was switched in the heating/cooling system this weekend because last week was so chilly. And of course yesterday and today were back up in the mid 80’s, so we’ve had very warm days outside and no cooling going on inside. After 12 hours of the heat in the library, I was feeling both hot and tired. It only made it worse when I kept seeing students coming into the library with Frappuccinos from Starbucks.

Yes, there is a Starbucks by the bookstore in the Student Union building, which is practically the closest one to the library. So I put up the sign telling people to go to the Circulation Desk if they needed help and off I went to Starbucks. A quick walk, a short line (luckily), and a quick walk back and I was the proud owner (and consumer) of an Iced Caramel Macchiato. Perks me up while cooling me down!
Ahhhh…. Now I can bear the last couple hours.