The Trouble with Coffee
The trouble with pouring your very first cup of coffee of the day is, you probably really need that coffee in order to function properly, which implies that you’re probably not functioning properly at the time of the coffee pouring. And sometimes, that first cup might come after you’ve run a bit and so, while your brain might need a lot of extra oxygen to compensate for not yet having coffee, the oxygen might instead still be going to your muscles to try to keep them from rebelling and turning into jelly. So, this decreased brain oxygen, combined with the not-yet-having-coffee issue can be a problem when you try to add cinnamon to your oh-so-necessary first cup of coffee.
You might know that the cinnamon is in a rectangular container as opposed to the cylindrical containers housing most of the other spices, so you might think that if you grab any old rectangular container out of the spice cupboard, you’re safe. This would be a mistake. You might not remember that you also have a rectangular container of sesame seeds in your spice cupboard. And when you grab that container, you might say, “Huh, I wonder why the cinnamon is making a sound when I shake it. Weird.” At that point, you would think it would register that you might have grabbed the wrong container, but no. It won’t. You might even glance at the writing on the box, see an “S” and say to yourself, “Yes, that’s right. ‘S’ is for cinnamon,” not realizing that the only time you’ve ever seen cinnamon start with “S” is maybe when it was up in lights at a strip club. It won’t be until you actually pour the sesame seeds into your coffee that you will understand that you’re an idiot who needs to stay in bed until such time as the coffee is consumed.
May 14th, 2008 at 9:38 am
You know what’s scary? You’re homeschooling with all that “S” for cinnamon stuff. Heh heh heh.
May 14th, 2008 at 9:38 am
You know what else? Your blog took over my firefox because when I opened it ONCE from google reader it opened itself like twenty times. What is up with THAT????
May 14th, 2008 at 10:10 am
I’m sure sesame seed coffee is a delicacy in Xomalia or Voland, or one of those other countries. Yum…Xomalian sesame seed coffee
May 14th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
So…was it any good? You did try it right? No?
I once stirred salt into the coffee AND served it to about four people.
“S” for cinnamon…”sounds” right!LOL
May 14th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Eos and Doris Day, Of course I tried it! I was desperate. I tried to just open my lips the teensiest bit so they wouldn’t pass through, but I ended up having to re-pour. *sigh* I’m good now. Until tomorrow, anyway.
Dawn, that’s why I unschool everything but math. I rely on the internets to learn my kids on spellin.
May 14th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
Did you know you can brew the coffee with the sinnamon in the grounds? That won’t help you much unless you set the pot the night before while you are still awake. On second thought, with that Starbucks on the corner I have no idea why you brew your own java anyway.
May 14th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Hey Sinnamon is Ginger Ambers third name! How did you know that???
May 15th, 2008 at 7:24 am
LOL Kristen. Abby - you are too funny. I am laughing out loud. Not because I think you are retarded. But because I think you must be my long lost retarded sister because I do things like that ALLLLLL the time. Thank for making me feel smarter…well at least less dumb…well at least not alone in my tardation.
May 15th, 2008 at 7:34 am
Mechelle, I tell Bryan the same thing. I think there is no earthly reason why I shouldn’t be able to get a $4 cup of coffee every single day. Well, no earthly reason except for money. Other than that, no reason at all!
Kristen, LOL! That would be so funny. It’s bad enough that I thought Ginger’s middle name was Amber for a whole day. Now I’m totally adding Sinnamon to the mix. Poor Ginger.
Melissa, you’re definitely not alone in your tardation. I just hope my tardation doesn’t make yours worse. That would be mean.