sorry for not writing anything yet this week but i am
exhausted...the OR schedule has been crazy, some wild things have happened in surgery (note: nicking/cutting or otherwise injuring an iliac vein is not a good idea), and i've only gotten dinner 1 out of four days this week. argh. anyhow, don't have time for details now because on thursday nights my friend meg and i serve as baristas at the sala victoria cafe here on board, which is kind of funny since i'm not much of a coffee drinker (however we do serve top-quality hot chocolate as well). meg has taught me well though and now i can whip up a tall double-shot caramel hazelnut latte with the best of 'em. we actually use starbucks coffee which starbucks has donated to mercy ships (a 30 year supply!) so it's pretty good...and cheap: a mocha or latte for 75 cents. meg and i have a blast with it and many of our customers comment that we seem to be "naturals" behind the bar...we've had requests for dance routines a la coyote ugly but have managed to come up with good excuses so far (including meg's broken pinky toe...no joke!). best part is that after we close at the end of the night we make ourselves all sorts of crazy coffee concoctions (job perk) and thus guarantee that we won't fall asleep before 2am...my personal favorite so far is a white chocolate coconut almond mocha.
# posted by Jenn @ 4:52 PM