I did it. I drank myself into a Starbucks Gold Card. The worst part about it isn\u2019t all the Starbucks coffee that\u2019s gotten tastier since I had it last: now I know how truly awful the coffee at work is. The Gold Card gets me a free drink every 12 purchases, but even more important, it lets me make 30 more purchases before it expires next January if I want to “stay gold\u201d. Well, I won\u2019t say it\u2019s the worst hobby I\u2019ve had.<\/p>\n
Yesterday I made a bit of a mistake, though. I said, \u201cI want a tall, er, Grande Americano.\u201d They heard that as, \u201cI want a Quad Grande Americano.\u201d I thought that might get me overly awake at work, but that wasn\u2019t the case. And it was tasty.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been trying to take it easy this week after an awful cramp at the gym last Saturday. I was doing burpee pull-ups and when I tried to do a second one, I felt like someone was stabbing me in my side. I\u2019m pretty sure it was my rotator cuff, where it anchors to my back. I couldn\u2019t stand up straight and was lying on the ground or hunched over for quite some time. I had to get help to reach a foam roller, but even then I couldn\u2019t find any knots. The pain subsided a little and I went home to start looking for open massage appointments and many could be scheduled on-the-line. The best part was I found a great massage therapist just down the street. I was completely pain-free by Tuesday but I decided since, as my sister says, I\u2019m a \u201cf*cking spaz,\u201d I should just lay low for the rest of the week.<\/p>\n
Oh, and coincidentally, Monday was also my buddy Il\u2019s birthday and so my week of rest started out with some extreme gluttony at the Ringside. It was glorious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I did it. I drank myself into a Starbucks Gold Card. The worst part about it isn\u2019t all the Starbucks coffee that\u2019s gotten tastier since I had it last: now I know how truly awful the coffee at work is. The Gold Card gets me a free drink every 12 purchases, but even more important, it lets me make 30 more purchases before it expires next January if I want to “stay gold\u201d. Well, I won\u2019t say it\u2019s the worst hobby I\u2019ve had. Yesterday I made a bit of a mistake, though. I said, \u201cI want a tall, er, Grande Americano.\u201d They heard that as, \u201cI want a Quad Grande … Continue reading I’m “special”<\/span>