Hello my name is

Melissa.
I'm coming up on almost a year of visiting Wawa for my morning coffee 5 days a week (oh yea and almost a year at my job too) and sometime over the course of that almost-year, I've acquired the name Melissa (it's not every day that people get to choose which way to spell their name).

Carol, the friendly, chipper coffee lady knows me only by my apparent new alias, Melissa or sometimes it's Melis for short (seriously!?). Couldn't she have picked a better, cooler name? No offense to the name Melissa or anyone who goes by that but it's not something I would have picked for myself.

Where did she get the idea that that was my name anyway? I never told her my name was Kendall but I also never told her my name was Melissa.

What she might have heard...

• The accent in both names is in the middle, maybe that threw her off? Go ahead, say it out loud...keNDall...melISsa. Okay so that might be a stretch.
• My mom, who also frequents Wawa with me in the morning, might have said one time..."here take this" referring to the coffee cup she was handing me and maybe Carol heard "here Melis"
• Maybe my mom said "What do you want for lunch today? Turkey and swiss?" and Carol thought she said "What do you want for lunch today Melis?"
• My mom's name is Lisa. I could see the progression...Melissa...Lisa...lis...
• Or maybe she knows it's not my name and she secretly thinks it's funny. She's probably waiting to see how long it takes me to correct her. Two can play at this game!

No Wawa tomorrow but back to Melis on Monday.

Latest listens

I thought I would post some songs I've been listening to recently. I know, I've become a softey.

**Track 3 is "After Tonight" by Justin Nozuka

Note: You should listen to all the songs but there is an extra special one at the end! :)

I know it's Fall when...

...my legs itch and turn into chalk sticks.

...it's dark when I wake up and never get to work on time.

...my pants start static clinging to your legs.

...I realize I can't play the "but it's my birthday" card anymore.

...I'd rather stay in the hot shower forever then step out into the cold bathroom.

...it doesn't matter where I move my visor, I'm still blinded by the sun.

...my clothes are wrinkly because they've been shoved in the back of my drawers.

...I go for the hot coffee instead of iced coffee.

...I start humming Christmas songs (yes I know that is winter).

...I compulsively check for ghost show marathons and intentionally freak myself out.

...I write boring posts like this one...

HAPPY FALL!!

Favorite cafes and creperies

1. Currently, I have a craving for chicken quesadillas with a side of sour cream for dipping and a tasty vineyard chicken salad sandwich. Mmmm and a hazelnut iced coffee. Where from? Prince Street Cafe...my all-time, favorite, most wonderful coffee shop located in downtown Lancaster. Bathrooms get an A+ too!

2. My runner up for favorite cafe/creperie is in fact a creperie. Rachel's Cafe and Creperie in Lancaster to be exact. I enjoy the classic fruit crepe (with strawberries, banana and whipped cream) and a fruit smoothie. It's a cute little cafe that is about as French as you can get for Lancaster. Mmmm, a perfect dessert to my vineyard chicken salad sandwich from Prince Street Cafe....

3. And last but certainly not least...it still lands in my top three...Mas Cafe in Emmaus. Thanks to Lauren (btw...hi Lauren, i know you are my one and only faithful follower) who introduced me to this charming place. They have amazing iced chai (thanks again Lauren) and it's right in the heart of Emmaus. They have cool bathrooms too!

I can't believe its not butter

Now I am not really a video game person but my cousin had this game that he let me borrow. I love it! It's for the Nintendo DS (which I don't currently have but borrow Robert's whenever possible). It's called something like Mario and Sonic at the Bejing Olympics. I'm pretty much becoming a master of the game. I've gotten a few perfect 10s in my time. My personal favorites are the vault in gymnastics and platform diving in aquatics. Might I add that I work up quite a sweat trying to get more events unlocked.

Hey...Carrie Underwood, Nicole Kidman, Liv Tyler and America Ferrara all play it so why can't I??

Hmm, maybe its now time for the gym where I can work up a real sweat!

If I had a million dollars...

I would spend some of it on this wedding photographer...
http://www.tyingtheknot.net/index2.php

Tying the knot stuck to a wall?

Unofficially, it looks like Robert and I will be tying the knot at Riverdale Manor in Lancaster. More details to come!

For now, I hope you find this picture as entertaining as I did...