Making Coffee Out of Lemons

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. 

Hopefully, if you’re like me and your current plans have been altered, you’re choosing to make lemonade out of the extremely sour lemons disguised as the Coronavirus. As I write this, I should be in a car with my dad on my way to St. Louis, ultimately on my way to LAX and Disneyland to meet my friend Emily. Instead, I’m stuck in mid-Missouri for the week feeling as though every plan I’ve made for the year is uncertain. 

I woke up to my mom telling me my dad had made extra coffee for me. Usually when I’m at my parents on weekends, my mom makes the coffee and on weekdays I make my own. She said my dad seemed really proud of making coffee for me and she wanted to make sure I knew it was him. #girldad

Furthermore, some of my Spring Break plans for today weren’t changed. I had scheduled to dye my hair over a month ago, and that plan wasn’t busted. More importantly, Tessa went in on her day off. I got to spend 3 hours disconnected from the world, in great conversation with Tessa, part of it reading my new Cardinals magazine, and came out with a new look. Afterward I went to our local coffee shop, conveniently co-owned by Tessa’s husband, and got to take my mom, whose school never has spring break, a coffee from Brew Brothers. 

While there are other places I’d rather be right now, I’m finding my lemonade. Meh. Let’s be real, I’m figuring out how to make coffee out of lemons. And my new goal for the week is to have Brew Brothers coffee everyday as long as they are open. If I were in California, I’d be spending more money than my $3 Americano from Brew Brothers. Plus, now I get to support my local community. I won’t complain about that. If you see me in the next few days, you might hear me say I should be at Disney with Emily, but also know that I’m fully present and enjoying myself right where I am.