Ok, really it was yesterday. Not a bad day. Slept in, had coffee, rode my bike, drank too much beer. That last part wasn't too fun, but everything else was fine, relaxing, enjoyable. The picture is really from Josh's birthday last Monday. I got him a birthday chicken™. We wore birthday hats and ate birthday chicken™ and some of Andrea's graduation cupcakes.
On my birthday this year, there seemed to be a lot of thinking about what's missing. Who isn't around. Where I'm not. The goals I haven't reached. All I can say is, I'm trying.
My motto for this year is, "You haven't actually done anything until you get caught." Or maybe it's "If you don't crash, you're not going fast enough." Or possibly, "Fallacy is the best policy." Nah, I'll probably just make it up as I go.
As for my goals. Well, coffee is going to explode at DoubleShot this year. I am going to get better and better at roasting each bean, and I hope to bring in some outstanding, very unique coffees and roast them in my own special way to produce tastes that rarely are found on the planet. I also hope to take back some of my personal time. I need time to exercise and to sit on my porch with a beer and a book. I need to stop and smell the flowers, because tomorrow the flowers may not be there. And I want to be free.
Those are my goals. Stay tuned.
Brian