Ah, this is one of those areas in life in which I suck so enormously. I have a million travel mugs. My office hands them out, for God's sake. But I don't use them. Because using them means remembering to bring them home and wash them at night which is apparently BEYOND ME.
Yes, I suck. I console myself with the fact that my daily commute is about 3 miles which I hope makes up for the ecological impact of buying coffee in disposable cups. YES I KNOW I SUCK.
What's up with this email? need to vent? I'm here!
I had three travel mugs, but one of them has been sitting on my desk so long I am afraid to open it. With two I do ok, because if I forget one at work there's another still at home. It also helps that they are metal-lined, so that when I do inevitably leave cocoa sludge or tea-with-milk residue in one until new life and new civilizations begin there, I can sterilize the hell out of 'em.
The email is an all-call begging for someone to go halves with me on the tour/class I'm doing for an AP US History class after Thanksgiving... because it turns out it's not ONE class but TWO classes, for a total of FORTY kids and I can't do a group that big all at once.
My travel-mug-less-ness is totally a matter of my working at home and, conversely, not being able to function well enough to find my way out the door until I've had my day's quantum of coffee. It I took the bus to a job I'd have one of those tall shapely steel Starbuck's handleless cups, and a holster to fit it into.
Julia, beset by a mysterious infection of auto-correct
I have them but I don't use them. Aesthetically, they please; actually, I am afraid they'll fall over in my backpack and get coffee all over everything.
So I usually buy my 7am coffee at the station where I change trains. I used to go to the same place and have the same order most days. The staff got to anticipate my coffee needs! But I haven't been to that place for a while. Still, when I went there yesterday and ordered my usual latte with vanilla, the woman ahead of me in line turned to me and said, "You always have that, don't you? Or sometimes you have hazelnut." Er. Never having registered having seen her before, and not having used that coffee shop for a while, I was nonplussed, to say the least. I did say, "Er, yes..... Why?" But I forget the answer. It was an early morning weird moment.
actually, I am afraid they'll fall over in my backpack and get coffee all over everything. I don't dare put mine in my backpack when its full - I hold it. When it's empty, though, I wedge it into a corner with my book, notebook, and knitting so it stays upright, and that works fine. If I don't do that, it's amazing how the last infintisemal drops can soak straight through the backpack spatter all over me from ribs to knees. AMAZING.
I make it sound so appealling! Seriously, though, I love my mug. :)
I have 2, one of which was a freebie from Amazon a decade ago. The other is more recent, purchased by husband, and too large to fit in the car cupholders. (I have small car, without a plethora of cupholders.)
This comment really had no point. I just wanted an excuse to see the word "plethora" again.
The most excellent travel mug i have has a giant hook-like handle that rests over my hand, so i don't actually have to grip it in order to carry it. Recommended. But i still have had no conclusive luck in finding something non-drippy enough to be thrown in a backpack or a bike drink holder and forgotten about, so i just give up and make coffee at the office on workdays. The travel mug is pretty much reserved for actual out-of-town trips, for which it is of great value.
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Yes, I suck. I console myself with the fact that my daily commute is about 3 miles which I hope makes up for the ecological impact of buying coffee in disposable cups. YES I KNOW I SUCK.
What's up with this email? need to vent? I'm here!
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The email is an all-call begging for someone to go halves with me on the tour/class I'm doing for an AP US History class after Thanksgiving... because it turns out it's not ONE class but TWO classes, for a total of FORTY kids and I can't do a group that big all at once.
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Julia, beset by a mysterious infection of auto-correct
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It is all about the commute
I hope the auto-correct recedes soon!
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The answer is no, because I find that making coffee in the morning is excessive effort.
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So I usually buy my 7am coffee at the station where I change trains. I used to go to the same place and have the same order most days. The staff got to anticipate my coffee needs! But I haven't been to that place for a while. Still, when I went there yesterday and ordered my usual latte with vanilla, the woman ahead of me in line turned to me and said, "You always have that, don't you? Or sometimes you have hazelnut." Er. Never having registered having seen her before, and not having used that coffee shop for a while, I was nonplussed, to say the least. I did say, "Er, yes..... Why?" But I forget the answer. It was an early morning weird moment.
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I don't dare put mine in my backpack when its full - I hold it. When it's empty, though, I wedge it into a corner with my book, notebook, and knitting so it stays upright, and that works fine. If I don't do that, it's amazing how the last infintisemal drops can soak straight through the backpack spatter all over me from ribs to knees. AMAZING.
I make it sound so appealling! Seriously, though, I love my mug. :)
*hugs*
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This comment really had no point. I just wanted an excuse to see the word "plethora" again.
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pointlessly posting "plethora" pleases
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