The Ides of September

Some days, you just need Christmas, no matter what the time of year.

On days when

• You get up at 6:30am
• You teach any number of classes (1 to however many)
• You experience technical difficulties in a computer lab, where it's essential that doesn't happen
• Your presentation monitor goes blank for no reason in the middle of the presentation
• You've taught 4 classes of freshman in two days

Sometimes, the only way to get Christmas on the Ides of September (which was, well, yesterday according to Wikipedia), is to visit your local Starbucks.

It's more of a Christmas-in-my-mouth sort of experience, this Decaf, Nonfat, Grande Peppermint Mocha.

It's exactly what the doctor ordered (if by doctor, I mean...well...me).