Coffee days are better days

I had coffee today!! It was my first cup of decent coffee in almost 3 months and it was amazing! Some of you know that I didn't drink coffee before Brasil, but now I love strong coffee! So here's my African coffee adventure... The first week I was here I went through major caffeine withdraw from my daily coffee and/or energy drinks. I started having one coke a week – partly from lack of coffee and coke and partly because I thought it would be good to give my body a caffeine break. But then Angela got me some coffee and a coffee maker from the Failes when they left. I decided to make coffee one morning in September, but didn't have much luck with it. I got sick from the coffee and the thing is that I'm not sure why... whether it was because the coffee expired in 2007 or because I made it really strong and my stomach wasn't used to such strong coffee or maybe it was because the milk was sour.... so after that I was afraid to make coffee again. :) I miss Starbucks and the people that make coffee for me! I was going to buy coffee when we went to Ouaga and was so excited cause I saw “Brazilian coffee” on one of the coffee bags at the supermarket... until I noticed the rest of the package was in Arabic! And I didn't recognize any of the coffee brands (I kept searching for Melita) and didn't want to spend a lot of money of coffee that wasn't even gonna taste good. So I had decided that I would just wait another month to drink coffee. But then someone gave me some Cinnabon-flavored coffee. :) So Annie & I made some this morning... I decided that after seeing over 280 patients in 2 days, I could use a little caffeine to keep going. And let me tell you, it was amazing and today was the best day!! Today was a lighter day because I saw only 98 patients (why do I consider that a light day?) but I still have so much energy. Today I am thankful that God made coffee and for fun African coffee adventures. :)