Thoughts with less than a week to go...

Just about everyone we know now knows that we've bought this cafe (can't reveal which just yet, still confidential!)

"That's great!"
"You're mad!" or even just
"Wow!" are typical responses we've had.

And so far I think I've been able to agree with every one of them, at some point or other, since we began this wild ride back into the private sector.

It's a full-circle, both of us... the unwitting realization of early adult fantasy, in that the hospitality jobs we worked thoughout high school and college were never surpassed in enjoyment by anything else we've done since. This is something we've admitted to each other many times over the years.

...I wonder how we'll feel in 12 months...?

And moving inexorably now towards where the caffeine hits the cup is getting exciting and quite scary... likely the greatest challenge we've faced since starting up in Japan, 17 years ago.

...but enough hyperbole.

We want to to record the experience, both for ourselves, our friends and for anyone interested in the phenomenon of major career change (especially into hospitality) and the retooling that's such a part of it.