A very full day at the COCO Cafe

Today was both exhausting and awesome. I am almost too tired to blog, but I've got to keep it up.

I arrived at the COCO Cafe in Cedar at nine, took some garbage out (amid worries that there was a gas leak... which there was, but all fixed) and waited to get the day going. Over the course of the day we stained furniture, learned how to use the Point of Sale Cash register, interviewed someone with developmental disabilities who will likely be working at the Cafe after it opens and learned how to use the very fancy espresso machine. It was fun. I made some drinks that turned out beautifully, I am beginning to get the hang of this again.

We also spent a lot of time beginning to organize the kitchen and bar(ista) area. It was so awesome to have input in where things should go... Normally, a barista wouldn't have the option of saying "Hey, I like it if the ____ is next to the ____ (and on the right because I am right handed)". Because we are all in this from before opening, we get to have a say, which I think in the long run will make us more committed to the Cafe. We are a part of it now and as we become Support Workers, for people with developmental disabilities who will work there, I think we will feel even more a part of the big picture.

So awesome, so exciting, so fun.

It will be opening soon at the 49th Parallel compound in Cedar, where the garden shop used to be.

Check out the COCO Cafe

And the COCO Cafe facebook group

Beginning

So, I've blogged before, for a University assignment. I enjoyed the class, but I did not enjoy the blog. Largely because it was being marked, I felt like it was being scrutinized (because it was). I was also a bit fearful to continue blogging about my life (on the same blog) because I was concerned that I may have one of those professors again, and I didn't want them to read my personal blog... Really, it all sounds a bit ridiculous now. While I'm sure they had to bookmark my blog during the course, I'll bet they deleted it soon after: I hope.


So, I'm starting again because:
1)Some family members have been reminding me, and harassing me to begin again.
2)I have a pretty awesome life and I would like to brag about it
3)When I am in a bad mood and life feels less-than-awesome I would like to complain about it (I'm a complainer by nature)
4)I have a garden, and I would like to brag about my flourishing lettuce, peas, and beans
5)I like to make things, and I'd like to be able to share my ideas with the world (or whoever is reading)
6)I'm also hoping that this blog can serve as an outlet for my midwifery aspirations (as I am sure my boyfriend (J) is sick of hearing about labour and childbirth...

I also have a pretty awesome new job, and I'm really excited about it. I'll be working at a Co-op Cafe opening in Cedar, as a support worker/barista, working with people with developmental disabilities(providing meaningful employment). It should be in full swing about a week from now, so I'll tell more then.

Because of my constant blog reading (about fashion, sewing, birthing babies, having kids, being a midwife, getting into midwifery school, home decor, furniture... and many more things) I would like to have somewhere to post the blogs I read, and perhaps lead other people to the sites and bloggers that I love.

Maybe blogging will encourage my sister to blog again (Hey, I'm talking to you!)

I have a whole summer ahead of me to figure this out and to get in the habit of posting. So here goes.