Seattle Rain

Sitting here at my desk, writing an essay for my German literature class, drinking coffee, listening to Daniel Powter, and watching the rain fall outside, I'm reminded of home. I miss Seattle rain. I'd sure like to be sitting in a Starbucks right now, back home, drinking coffee and watching the Seattle rain come down. Of course, now that we're moving toward summer, Seattle dries up and the rain pretty much stops till September. Most people think it rains in Seattle all the time, when in reality New York gets more rain than we do. We're just overcast a lot.

Anyway, I just miss that. Seattle rain and Seattle summers. Still, it's wonderful to be here in Europe right now, experiencing my first European spring. I gotta say that in the springtime, this has to be one of the most beautiful places on earth. Definitely beats spring back home.

The absence of Coffee Mate here makes it darn hard to make your coffee JUST the way you like it...Coffee Mate is so rich and creamy, it makes your coffee the perfect consistency. The cream here never really meets my standards. Too much, and your coffee doesn't taste like coffee anymore, too little, and you're just drinking brown water. It's taken me 8 months, but I have - finally - mastered the coffee/cream ratio. One scoop of grounds per cup, make 3 cups, add two packets of cream and one scoop of sugar for the best acidic nectar of the gods this side of the Atlantic. Mmmmmm.