Car repair - a blessing in disguise. I love working from a coffee shop instead of the office! I also enjoy my co-workers and the office, I’ve just missed the cosy environment of wooden tables, walls of literature and art, the smell of warm pastries being pulled out of the oven, hearts in my latte, and the friendly buzz of stranger’s conversation and filling the room. Of course, I can also be a little more productive without a co-worker cracking a joke, asking a question, or making a comment every ten minutes. :p
Our organization is small - two full-timers, two part-timers, and headed by two “volunteers” (the Executive Director and Chairman of the Board) who only appear once or twice every few weeks. I’ve never worked in such an intimate work environment before and it sure is different than just being one face in a sea of many others! Only four months in and I already have seen all of my co-workers outside of work (going to lunch, happy hour, or even eachother’s houses), met most of their immediate family, traveled across the ocean with half of them (sharing a room... and sometimes a bed), and have even driven one of my co-workers to return her engagement ring to her now ex-fiance. Hahah. Hard to believe it was only a few months ago I still hadn’t accepted their Facebook friend requests because I didn’t want to mix my work with my personal life. >,<
Ah well, what a blessing to be able to have co-workers that I enjoy and that I can really get to know and invest in! Diane started having us do weekly devotions, and it’s been really nice to be able to pray together over some of the things that are concerning us about the kids, our partners, or just our lives in general. ...We also have a fridge that’s always stocked with beer, and a cabinet for hard liquor, so that’s also a new component to my work environment that I’m kind of loving (usually just after hours or during evening meetings), haha.
Drinking: Mocha
Listening to: Brene Brown on Boundaries
At: Stone Spiral Coffee Shop