Thanksgiving Coffee

     Holidays are the best time of year to spend time with family, eat, and get coffee! Because it is Thanksgiving break, I went home to visit my family, but I've also been hitting up the local coffee shops. Today I'm here at the most popular coffee shop in town. It is about ten o'clock in the morning and I am meeting  my sister to catch up! When I walked in, there were not a lot of people in there, maybe three. There is not a whole lot of seating, there are about 6 tables and two couches. It is a nice and calming place with a bookstore to go with it. There is only one barista working, probably because it is so slow.
     It is pretty gloomy outside and it has been on and off raining all morning. The people are dressed in warm clothing, such as jackets and boots. It's pretty warm in the coffee shop, most likely because the heat from the coffee machine is permeating throughout the building. There are a lot of warm drinks being made and a couple of frappe's but no iced drinks. It is very quiet inside, not a lot of people are talking, and since there is only one barista, she really doesn't have anyone to talk to.
     I am sitting in the corner when you first walk in so that I can get a good view of everyone in the shop. There is an old man sitting in front of me drinking a hot coffee and reading a newspaper. There is a younger couple, probably high school, sitting to my right just sitting their and talking to each other with frozen drinks. Even though they are not talking a lot, they still seem to be having a good time just sitting with each other. i would definitely never expect this from a high school couple, especially because i know that when i was in high school all of the couples were super annoying and "lovey-dovey". It's nice to be able to see "young people" having a mature time with each other without being the stereotypical annoying teenage couple.
     When my sister came in, she was surprised at how quiet it was and how there were not a lot of people in here today. She said that its usually pretty crazy and busy and takes a while to get drinks out. She was also surprised that there was only one barista, but then we realized... It's Thanksgiving... DUH! We got our coffee and we started to talk, and a few more people came in and grabbed coffee but did not stay. There is a grocery store right next to us so we assumed that they were all people who were last minute Thanksgiving food shopping and decided they needed coffee.
     It always makes me laugh seeing people rush around town and stress out over Thanksgiving because they waited until the last minute to get the food. For some people I understand because they are busy and they have to work or other stuff like that. But my family ALWAYS puts off shopping until the last minute and my mom is always stressed out and always gets mad when places are sold out of what she needs. She also always sends me to fight off all the people at Wal Mart for the groceries because I'm the only one still living at home.
     Like I said, the Holidays are the best time for family, friends, food, and coffee... but it can also be one of the most stressful times of the year! Happy Thanksgiving! Hope you have a great day!