I look good in green.

Starbucks green.

Many people may be shakng their heads as to why I would even want to work at Starbucks. After all, my job experience and resume would not be inclined towards this line of employment.

However, I am all about joy. And if you know me at all, you know that my "happy place" is Starbucks. Soooo, why not put their money where my mouth is.

Ideally, I would like to be the Hostess/Concierge for Starbucks. I would greet you, know your order, know what to recommend for you; keep the store au courant and user-friendly and stay active in the community. Then I would work my way up to working with Howard Schultz and run the whole shebang.

Today, there was a hiring event and something was really directing me to go. It turned out to be a delicious bit of serendipity.

The interviews were held at the store on University and 29th (one of my faves, by the way). I took my hard-copy resume, a cover letter and went. I was surprised by how many people were there to apply. I felt cool and confident. After all, I was a seasoned Bux and a seasoned worker compared to most of the young faces I saw. And I had nothing to lose. I filled out an application and waited my turn. My name was called and I went to sit at one of the many tables where store managers were interviewing applicants. The man who was interviewing me looked familar and he said he recognized my name. He had been the store manager there when I took the coffee taste testing mini-class. How cool is that? This guy already had proof of the pudding that when I say I am passionate about coffee(s) I mean business.

Juan asked me all the requisite questions and poured over my eclectic resume and application. I could tell that he was amused at the fact that I was so clearly passionate and knowledgeable and perhaps a trifle bemused as to why I was there. He didn't flinch at my 'other work' when I said I could not work on Sundays. He would ask me questions for which I already had answers because of my management experience and my vast experience at the local stores. Juan commented on my passion and enthusiasm and still wondered why I wanted to work there when most of the applicants were just there for a job. Not me. I was choosing to be there because I really like the company and I love giving good customer service and I enjoy being in the stores. Pragmatically, it would be good because working at Starbucks would also still allow me to teach, write and minister to folks.

Juan told me some of the basics I might need to know from the employer side and said I would hear back in about a week for a second interview. Cool.

Got home just in time to start my new online class that I am taking to learn how to teach classes online. I am very excited to be part of a pilot project with United Church to learn the basics of internet education. I will be able to teach accredited SOM classes and anything else I create. The new software technology for this is amazing. And I think I would have taken the class no matter what just to be involved with something called Moodle. Wouldn't you enjoy Moodling?

It feels good to be coming out of the fog of the last six months and getting back to creating and manifesting. Even though I still have to handle things for Mom in L.A. (going up on Friday) I know that I have returned to my state of well-being and can be of service to myself and others; and pay attention to building my new work and my life with Don.

Maybe this haircut was a good idea.
Eat your heart out Samson.