Sleepy, I grabbed a cup of coffee on the way to the office.  A delicious gourmet cup of strong coffee.  Priority One – Do not set down the coffee.  Do not fall asleep at work.

Still sleepy, I began typing.  Typing with one hand, because well I was holding my super special, super strong cup of coffee.  Priority Two – Type, because that’s part of my job.  An important part of my job.

Seeing me sleepy and on the way to refresh the coffee pot, my co-worker stopped by my cube and offered to fill my office coffee cup with the remaining coffee (my special coffee was in a coffee shop paper cup).  How could I turn down such an offer of kindness?  How could I turn down such a lifeline?  I gripped the office coffee in my left hand and the coffee shop coffee in my right.  Priority Three – Always accept an offer of kindness.  Especially kindness associated with coffee.

Issue of sleepiness addressed.  Soon the caffeine would kick in, but I still needed to keep drinking my coffee.  Only problem was that I now had coffee in both hands and no way to type.  Priority Four – Keep typing, because it’s my job (see Priority Two).  How?  Well, that’s why God gave me a nose.  A nose for emergency typing and of course smelling delicious coffee.