text: Starbucks at 7am is pretty much heaven for every teacher.  This particular Starbucks gets a huge share of the teacher's working in the North Las Vegas area.  I know on several occasions I have run into other teachers from my school and a couple of the neighboring schools.  They handle the morning rush beautifully.  All the workers are nice and work super efficiently.  Also for those cold mornings, they have a drive through, so you don't have to leave your heated car.  It is funny that I ended up here as often as I do considering I don't really drink coffee.  \n\nWhen I need a pick me up in the morning before class and I'm not still working on lesson plans, I sometimes swing by on my way to work to pick up either a soy hot chocolate or their Awake black tea.  It always hits the spot without getting me jittery (coffee is a bit too much caffeine to me).  It also doesn't hurt that they have sandwiches and boxed lunches for those days I forget/don't have time to make lunch for myself in the morning.  Yea, those are on the expensive side, but they are infinitely better than school lunches.\n\n\nOn top of handling the morning rush like pros, they are also life savers.  One morning I purchased 20 gift cards.  I know that sounds excessive, but some were prizes for students during a huge review game and others were just some extras I like to keep on me for emergency gifts.  Well, in the all of the commotion of morning, after I purchased the gift cards, I walked out and left them on the counter.  The wonderful people working there knew I'd be back so they put it in the safe and when I called 30 minutes later they said not to worry and that I could pick them up any time.  Needless, to say I rushed back and picked them up with just enjoy time before I needed to start teaching.  \n\nLife as a teacher is always a surprise, some good and some bad.  This Starbucks seems to always help put a little good in my day.