So I arrived home around 11:30pm last night knowing that I had to be up around 6:30am. I closed the front door, sighed as I saw the kitchen, and set my stuff down. Deciding to be semi-productive, I put away the dishwasher, reloaded it, and washed my travel mugs. Then I figured since it would be such an early morning, I'd set the coffee pot and went off to shower.
Fast forward to waking up to the blissful smell of coffee and a fresh pot being ready for me. So didn't happen. And, yes, the five minutes to brew does matter a lot when it's early in the morning. Instead my coffee pot sat there empty and, well, off.
What happened? Best guess, the boyfriend saw the little light on it and hit OFF. Word to the wise all you non coffee drinkers... DON'T TOUCH OR INTERFERE WITH OUR COFFEE PROCURING WAYS. Thank you. While it's incredibly sweet that he worried about the house burning down or, more likely, saw electricity going out the door... the thing has an auto shut-off. If for some reason I had left the coffee pot on at 12:30am, it would have shut itself off. And did I mention I'm a strictly "am" coffee drinker. I have a few cups when I wake up and rarely after that. Although with the "funk" I've been under, there have been more afternoon cups too.
Anyway. While I appreciate the cave man in my lovable boyfriend that said, "Ugh, light, must turn off." I did not appreciate having to wait this morning. The worst is knowing I was still up when he first got home and instead of asking, "honey, is this coffee light on for a reason?", he just clicked off. -eyeroll- I often wonder if there's some genetic predisposition in my boyfriend that makes him believe I love to waste electricity. That I urge to waste it...
-shaking my head- He is definitely a puzzle. A very cheap, sitting on the floor of the dollar aisle puzzle... but he's my little caveman puzzle and I -sigh- love him with all my heart. So I sit here, drinking my coffee and writing this, knowing I'll probably mention something in passing about how the "delay" feature works on the coffee maker. But I won't be yelling at the caveman, I think (hope) his heart was in the right place...
Follow author Jennifer Feuerstein through the trials and fun of writing. I'll be discussing my books, my future plans, and the fun of dealing with an entire cast of characters living "upstairs" while moving through life. Welcome to the ramblings of The Crowded Mind.
About Me
- Jennifer Feuerstein
- Being an author is an amusing series of ups and downs. As a self-published writer, there are a lot of stories going on at once. A lot of stories means a lot of characters bouncing around and a lot of juggling. It's not easy being an author of fantasy in the real world, but I try to get by.
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