Priorites

I'll talk to anyone--anyone--at Noble Coffee, especially when I go with a huge stack of papers.

Today I met Eva and Mark--after I shot the shoot with Jennifer B., a friend of a friend. We spent a half-mocha laughing about middle school kids, their
"communication."

After Jennifer B. left for a field trip, two newlywed dentists from Bend sat down, looking for good sushi later tonight.

I chat. I laugh. I look over a paper or two.

I refill my coffee. I add more cream. I add more sugar. I wish for the billionth time that there was Sweet & Low. I tell myself I'd settle for Equal, even.

I watch Jared and Caleb and Peter--my favorite--steam the milk and strain the espresso.

I watch the door open, hopeful that someone I know will walk through it.

But even if it's someone I've never seen before, there will definitely be plenty to talk about.