Anyway, we've built up a decent list of options, and this morning, we walked for the first time to a place I'd been wanting to try. This particular coffee house is very near the university campus, so we figured most of the clientele would be students (a.k.a. people young enough to be our children), and we're okay with that.
I liked the place. I think I would even say it's usurped my previous choice for top spot when figuring in the coffee, atmosphere of the place, and the walking route to and from. Additionally, while our entrance did noticeably skew the average age, I did spot other grey hairs and bifocals in the place.
No sooner had we sat down and taken our first sips, I recognized a young guy who came in and approached the counter. He'd been a student from when I worked that boring job at the high school a couple of years ago - that boring job that revealed to me my lack of any desire to ever work at a high school. I don't think he noticed me as he was with a companion and the place was generally pretty busy. Even if he had noticed me, I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't remember me, so small was my role in his high school life.
But I remembered him as a good kid - AP honor student, very respectful, etc. He's the same age as Meego, and it was a kind of a nice surprise to see this mini blast from the not-so-distant past. I still feel like a bit of a stranger in a strange land after moving from Colorado Springs.
And speaking of downsizing, We Are Clamco blogged about her new computer. It's an all-in-one that I like the minimalist look of. I considered getting one last year (?) when I was looking to replace my desktop, but found a cute microcomputer instead. Did I ever introduce it here?
If I did, sorry for the redundancy and laziness in searching the archives. But I do like this little powerhouse. It does everything I need it to do for the tutoring biz while taking up very little desktop real estate. Here's a photo, and I've included an easily recognizable everyday item for scale:
Care to share your hardware?
3 comments:
What's even more worrying is when I read "Weekend walks" I thought, "Oh that's a nice thing to do", making me old too. Thanks. :D
I'm glad you used a banana for scale.
That is so small - it is hard to believe that it holds all that you need. Amazing.
Joey, I won't deny that I enjoy the weekend walks. Weekend connotations have certainly changed since my 20's.
Sandie, I ordered the computer online and thought it was so precious when it arrived. While the site included a photo, I was mainly interested in the technical specs and didn't really notice the dimensions... and the site didn't include a banana.
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