The Little Things

I'm in a crunch right now trying to finish the second chapter of my dissertation by Monday so I can send it off to my committee members before I see them in person in a couple weeks. With a seemingly insurmountable amount of writing before me, I set out for a coffee shop this evening. I needed a place that would be open late and I didn't want to drive very far so I decided to go to a Starbucks nearby. I've almost totally avoided Starbucks for the past couple of years for many reasons, the most important being that their drip coffee is terrible. I gave it a try tonight because a friend of mine that works at Starbucks said they would serve whatever coffee you wanted in a press pot if you asked even though it is not on the menu. So I asked. To my surprise, they did give me an 8-cup press pot of my coffee of choice. Only $3.40. What a treat! And, on top of that I got free wireless from the Quiznos next door. Armed with this coffee, I got more writing done this evening than I ever thought I would when I set out. Its amazing how the little things can often make such a big difference in our lives. Unfortunately, this little thing is keeping me wide awake at midnight so that I'm blogging instead of going to bed.