Back to the root cause!

OK so I haven't written about my love affair with   coffee for a little while or my little challenge for that matter....mainly I haven't been able to drink a decent  cup of late or have the time to visit any cafes off my "to do list".. Finishing up at work has had me relying on the not so flash coffee that the cafe downstairs  churns out! I drink it whilst shaking my head in disappointment.. it really isn't worth the $3.70 I fork out , but I still chug it down whilst vowing never to order another! 

I can't wait to finish next week to start drinking super coffee again! 

I had lunch with a friend today at a fabulous cafe and the coffee was sublime (well it was the first full one since I was sick on the weekend..) It was always  going to be good! Such a relief, my palette hadn't adapted to the crap I have been drinking.. thankfully  I can certainly tell a good one from a bad one!!! 

So on the weekend I'm going to make some time and and head to some decent places... I think it will get my much needed JuJu back!  I will need some of that going into this highly emotional week! I'm on a high at the moment but I can see that by weeks end those feelings will be fading and I will be feeling a little sad and most likely  pretty darn exhausted! 10 years of work catching up with me!!! 
I also realise I am running out of time to reach my goal by December 31st.. actually I'm pretty sure I won't get there... 87 is pretty darn good... I am going to keep on trying and get to 95 at least!!! and then do the rest when I can!! I think I can feel pretty bloody proud of where I have been this year.. and how much I have grown and achieved ... even I have shocked and out done myself.. but it won't feel complete until I hit that magic number 100!!!!!!!! 
 So these are the cafes I have left: 

Woodstock Espresso Bar  - Armadale

Gattica - Balaclava

Midali - Balaclava

Espresso 3121 - Cremorne

Mixed Business Cafe - Fitzroy North

Globe Cafe - Prahran

Richmond Rush Cafe - Richmond

Dimattina Coffee - South Melbourne

Crue Coffee Lounge - South Yarra

Cafe Racer - St Kilda

Galleon Cafe - St Kilda

Home Barista Institute - West Melbourne

Orange  - Windsor

What am I going to do when they bring out the new lis of Melbourne's top 100 coffees next week!!!! Set my self a new challenge????   I think  for my sanity's sake I will chose my top 50 and go to them through out the year, plus  I want to re visit a lot of the fabulous places I have been too so I will have time for that!!  If I cut the list by half it should hopefully  leave me more time to blog about the adventures of my life in general (which has been fun of late!) ...  

I realise this has been a very haphazard blog, but I'm almost comatose writing it so please, please, please  forgive me!!!

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Ok Until next time .. Life is way too short to drink crappy coffee ......

Funniest moment in my day today that I need to share - I was in a book store browsing through the children's and baby health section and another lady and I reached for the same book at the exact  same time (she got her mits on it first)... now for the funny bit..... the book we reached for was aptly titled "How not to f*** them up"........ we both had a good chuckle and I think we were both too embarrassed to stand and flip through it or even consider buying it!!  It looked like a scene out of  that Sarah Jessica Parker film "I don't know how she does it" ........ not that I have had the time to see it!!! A good friday laugh thats for sure!!!