I have a second home (some days it feels like my real home). I have a place I love to go and sit and read and talk and work and listen. I have a place that doesn't judge me (we take that shit to starbuck's). I have a place where the coffee's always hot and the pastries are always ready to eat. I have a place where good friends come to chat and new friends are met. I have a home filled with colors and patterns, art on the walls. I have a place... And that place is my local coffeehouse -- Firefly Coffee House. It's been here since 1999 and I have been coming off and on since 1999. I came in high school. Even when I went away to college, I would come on breaks. Once I moved back, I came when I could get away. Now that I'm employed part time, I spend many days here. I bring things to work on. I blog, I type, I search, I talk, and sometimes I just watch a movie or a TV show from Netflix. I do whatever the day offers until it's time to go get the boys from school. It's a place that's comfortable. It's filled with wonderful characters. It's inhabited by interesting employees. I love it here.

When I've been away (like over the Thanksgiving break), I feel myself yearning to get back. Back to the front table with computer out and ready, coffee cup on one side, plate of food on the other side, and friends across from me. The bf always tells me he gets more work done at home, but I get way more done here. I get on a roll, blogging, organizing, writing, etc. I start working and before I know it, it's past lunch time and just about time to get the boys. But that's okay. I haven't wasted a day, I spent a very enjoyable day at my second home. And that's a great day, any day.