Kyle Thomas

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I did make it

Oh yeah, sorry about that. I guess when you get caught up seeing family and being in a new place again you forget to document what is happening.

Made it in Sunday evening and had a family dinner. Yesterday I tried to get adjusted to working in my old office and what I was doing.

Of course since I haven’t been here in so long, everyone is calling and wanting to see you even though you need to focus.

Then of course I had to go get a cable I forgot and sure enough it doesn’t work for some reason. Now I need to make my way downtown again today.

Bah Humbug

In My Head Where I Want To Be

For some reason I’m stuck on thinking I need to be where my heart wants me to be. I know that sound stupid, but for some reason I’m dead set on being in the North.

Funnily enough, I’m not missing family, it is the terrian, and the atmosphere I am missing. I love Yellowknife. I love the sunny winter days out of the snowmobile, bombing around in the fresh now and then warming up in a little shack we call a cabin. The lakes surrounding everything. The ability to hook up and go out into the middle of nowhere in a matter of second.

The rolling prairies of BC just aren’t doing it for me, for some reason. They are not where I grew up, they are not what I know. I know the snowmobile trails around Yellowknife and up the Ingraham Trail like the back of my hand.

What I need to realize is that I’m 20 years old. If I stick it out and make something of myself, build myself up, I will be able to return one day.

No I’m not packing up and coming back anytime soon, I’m am still happy here.

A Coffee Shop For You

Like the two other towns I have lived in I have found my coffee shop. And by “my coffee shop” I mean a coffee shop in which I feel comfortable sitting and spending time in. In Yellowknife it was, obviously, Gourmet Cup, but I didn’t mind Javaroma either and in Dawson Creek it was Cafe Europa. Both were nice, relatively small and the owners were delightful to deal with.

Now I have found that here in Fort St John at a little shop called Patch Java. The shop was called Cosmic Grounds before new owner Devon Wrigglesworth reopened the space as Patch Java in May of 2010.

I admire owners like Devon, not to say the other coffee shop owners in town are different, I just haven’t met them yet. He is the type of owner that is at the forefront. Always working on the front line, serving customers, socializing and making sure that everyone is satisfied.

With a different lunch special everyday of the week, I don’t think I’m going to get bored of this place. Oh and did I mention the free WiFi, yeah that is good too.

The problem with me and coffee shops is I have the overwhelming urge to get behind the counter and make drinks. Not to boost or anything, but I make a damn good latte and with the proper jug I can even style it with some fancy latte art.

But I digress I’m am glad I have the skills but happy at with where I am currently. Although I do intent to start writing down all the drink special I have in my head. Muddy Snowman, Kyle’s Choc Chip Frozen Mocha, Haystack Latte, and so on.