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swestrupSo, for the first time while I've been here, due to incompetence of the staff, I didn't have any coffee available when I woke up. The stash of coffee I wrote about a while back is now completely gone because the maids have been generally forgetting to give me coffee more often than they've remembered and for some reason, for the last week the maid has completely failed to supply coffee at all.
Two days ago when I got home and there was no coffee, I called up housekeeping and complained and a guy came around with two packets. That did me for the next two mornings, but last evening when I again had no coffee to set up the coffee maker with, I called and complained again, twice. This time no one came.
So, this morning I wake up to no coffee and another first for this place -- a migraine. Now my normal treatment for migraine is a couple of AC&C, which I promptly took, and lots of caffeine. With no coffee, this was a problem.
So, I got dressed as best I could with a pounding head and walked a block in the California sun, along a street full of noisy traffic, to a crowded Starbucks where I had to wait in line. Finally though, I got a venti americano with 5 shots of espresso in it, and walked back drinking the coffee (it was quieter by the traffic than in the Starbucks).
I've just now finished the espresso and although I can't claim to feel good at this point, I at least don't feel like I'm about to die. On the way back to my room I passed the lobby and once more asked for coffee, and now I'm sitting in my quiet and darkened hotel room waiting for someone to deliver it.
So, I seem to have survived my first California migraine, but I think I need a better emergency coffee plan. I'm not sure what though. I don't want to buy an expensive espresso machine for the occasional emergency need, but the cheap ones that I know about probably take more manual dexterity than I have when dealing with a migraine.
And now I can't take my morning shower until someone shows up with coffee ... if they ever do.
Two days ago when I got home and there was no coffee, I called up housekeeping and complained and a guy came around with two packets. That did me for the next two mornings, but last evening when I again had no coffee to set up the coffee maker with, I called and complained again, twice. This time no one came.
So, this morning I wake up to no coffee and another first for this place -- a migraine. Now my normal treatment for migraine is a couple of AC&C, which I promptly took, and lots of caffeine. With no coffee, this was a problem.
So, I got dressed as best I could with a pounding head and walked a block in the California sun, along a street full of noisy traffic, to a crowded Starbucks where I had to wait in line. Finally though, I got a venti americano with 5 shots of espresso in it, and walked back drinking the coffee (it was quieter by the traffic than in the Starbucks).
I've just now finished the espresso and although I can't claim to feel good at this point, I at least don't feel like I'm about to die. On the way back to my room I passed the lobby and once more asked for coffee, and now I'm sitting in my quiet and darkened hotel room waiting for someone to deliver it.
So, I seem to have survived my first California migraine, but I think I need a better emergency coffee plan. I'm not sure what though. I don't want to buy an expensive espresso machine for the occasional emergency need, but the cheap ones that I know about probably take more manual dexterity than I have when dealing with a migraine.
And now I can't take my morning shower until someone shows up with coffee ... if they ever do.
