This is a mug that I earned almost 10 years ago, when I was in high school. It's incredibly difficult to believe that all this happened so long ago, because in a lot of ways I still feel like a teenager trapped in an adult's body with a whole lot of added responsibilities. And yet it has truly been that long since I walked the halls of my school and headed to High Point Coffee afterwards to work at my favorite job ever.
High Point Coffee was a franchise location owned by some of the best people I have ever met. This was not my first high school job but it was by far my favorite - and I always swear that if I ever have to hold an hourly job again it will be at a coffee shop. I began working there because my best friend at the time suggested I start, and from there I never looked back...