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Baby update: Unless Rylan makes a move, they'll induce labor on Tuesday night, for a Wednesday birth. We would plan to make the drive Wednesday afternoon, to arrive close to 9AM on Thursday. But he can still arrive before that, so we take it day by day.

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The anticipated 20-hour drive to see our grandson could still be a few days away. I usually try to keep a sojourner's mindset, so that I live in the moment, soaking up life in the present, rather than wishing I could be someplace else at that time. But I gotta tell you. There is one daily activity that I am really going to miss on that looooooong drive.

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Coffee. I love this stuff! We get fresh beans at home, and I grind only when I'm brewing. Most of the time, my coffee is great. But from time to time, I use a French press, and that coffee is (sniff) ... excuse me, I hate to cry about it, but I get a bit overwhelmed with emotion every time I think of fresh Starbucks through the French press!

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I remember the last time we made this drive. I was getting drowsy, and out of desperation, I did something rash. I used one of those rest stop vending machines to get a Dixie cup of toxic swill that... well, traveling victims are supposed to believe that those few ounces of abomination are somehow related to coffee.

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I would rather drink (gag) instant coffee. But wait!! I saw something in the news this week that says that Starbucks is going to start making some kind of instant coffee! How can this be?! Honestly, I'm a little scared about the whole thing. Still, if I find a way to temporarily suspend my skepticism, how shall I procure the piping hot water needed for my favorite elixir?

another latte, please

Waiter, there's a hamster in my coffee...

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A less informed individual might think that I did not take today's post seriously. But in a world where Beverly Hills Chihuahua is the #1 movie in America (according to today's Chicago Tribune), anything is possible!

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I really don't have anything against movies that star little lap dogs, but is this the best we can do?

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Why am I calling this post "another latte?" Well, there's a hamster in my cup; I don't want this one; please get me another. Get it? Lime used that word today (latte), and I had to wrestle with whether or not I should change the title. Bottom line: I just couldn't think of anything else. Maybe I have the same thing that's going around in Hollywood.