I'm a fan of pour-over coffee, but rarely have the time in the morning. French press and pour over are for days when I have time to putter over my coffee.

I dislike having meetings run by people in the late afternoon who don't know how to keep it on focus or end it. I just wanted to go home...

You should sit in our after school meetings. Even though I don't run them and I have a boss who is all about self-narration, I do a pretty okay job with saying, "Okay, so for the minutes, what should I say about this action item?"

Also, you can make some coffee concentrate that you just add hot water to

I have not found coffee concentrate to be very practical for occasional coffee drinking. It's only meant to stay in the fridge for so long, and freezing it means deciding whether you freeze however much you have left all together and then have to thaw the whole thing out, or freeze individual servings, or what. Great for frequent coffee drinking, though, especially iced coffee.

Turkish coffee is kind of a fun one cup at a time alternative if you are into that sort of thing. You do have to pay attention to it, but it doesn't take very long.

If I'd been even power adjacent, I'd've steered things. I'm terrible like that. But I was seriously outranked and this was mission ordered, so. I could make suggestions, but even walking out to visit the restroom was drama and got a raised eyebrow from the mission rep. I got an apology from her, though it was a situation I don't know I'd have been so blunt with a male boss. And who the fucks business is it if you walk out for a few minutes?

(I'm pretty sure waving a tampon in the face of a boss doesn't always work. And wtf, we totally worked around your pumping schedule, lady, do I really have to go there?)

Holy shit, lightning. Not expecting that at all.

Walked out on the deck and had this shit scared out of me by a bolt lightening and thunder simultaneously. Really close and unexpected. So loud I expect it hit something.

Feh, Consuela. Feh on them.

In the M. news, he still hasn't been told about not going on the trip, and it's supposed to happen on Friday. I am very frustrated by this situation. To say the least.

We have an aeropress that we love, but we dream about espresso fairly often.

My sister got a super fancy espresso machine and it is so fun when I visit her. But my problem tends to be lack of milk, is why I go buy coffee instead. So I keep telling myself fancy espresso won't help that.

Strix - that is crazymaking. E needs a clue by four.

Gotta give "kudos" to the mom, here, Strix. Skillfully executed mindfuck in that you can't really win in it.(sarcastic slow-clap) If Dad backs off too fast, he's an indifferent shit. If he doesn't he's controlling If you intervene, you're not Jewish, plus Dad is hiding behind you. I will say, though, that her son is smart and getting to an age where he will begin to understand his mother's behavior on a different level(ie she will no longer be able to blame you for the conflicts in their relationship) so she better not count on that too many more times. That is the kind of thing that can become toxic.