Ode to my neighbourhood coffee roaster

My experience to day has been difficult to explain. I am working hard, I am very busy, days can get quite hectic - but stress is definitely at a minimum. I have had 1 headache, almost no shoulder aches, and certainly no sleepless nights or early mornings.  I may be working the hours I worked before and managing even more files, but life here is fabulously different. 

Having said that. I am working every day and then out virtually every evening at a meeting, a dinner or something. Part of it is definitely my transition, as I am trying to meet one-on-one with all board members and volunteers, well, immediately. Part of it is also the genuinely, welcoming nature of Yukoners who are inviting me into their homes and introducing me to their friends.  I love it!

It is, however, making me a bit sleepy. It is not so much the pace, as the lack of opportunity to ever sleep in (someone could be at the Preserve by 8 or 8:30) and definitely is has MUCH to do with everything being so new.  My brain is working in overdrive and then some all the time. I am just so excited about everything that it is impossible to slow down - so many interesting things to do!!

And so, amidst this exciting time, I have come to rely extensively on my most favourite neighbour - Bean North. Bean North is the coffee roaster whom Mike and I were seeking this past summer when we stumbled upon the Preserve. They are owned by my neighbours, roast organic, free trade coffee on site, and sell a small assortment of other friendly products.  Their coffee is delicious, their staff are very nice and their location is fabulous.  I visit them once a week for a pound of coffee and dream until summer when they are open more than Thursday to Sunday.....