A few months ago, I happened to peek inside the plastic lid of my convenience-store cappuccino, and noticed something floating at the top. Not overly concerned, I pulled the lid off to take a better look, and then realized what I was seeing was a very drowned gnat. While I wasn't exactly happy about this discovery, I'm not the type to have a complete fit over it (however, if it had been a spider, then the earth would have shaken off it's axis from the freaking out I would have done). I sadly poured out what was left, and threw the cup away, not allowing myself to think about how much I had drank before I found him. I figured the person who was filling the cappuccino machine probably had to keep one eye up front on the register, and just didn't see the gnat fly into the well before they closed it up and turned it on. Shit like that happens, we just don't usually know about it, and we survive, so no biggie.

After that, I noticed their cappuccino was becoming less and less flavorful, and more like sugar-water that had a teabag dragged through it once or twice, so I stopped buying their cappuccino altogether. A few weeks after that, on a day that I was probably extra-sleepy, I decided to try it again. I didn't open the lid until I got to work, and when I took the first sip, I found that it was all watery and nasty, so I decided to pour it out. When I took off the lid to pour, I noticed something floating at the top.

This time, it was a brown ladybug-shaped creature that was only about 1/3 the size of a ladybug. Still, he was a bug. ANOTHER bug. In my cappuccino. So I said to myself, "Self? That's the last time you buy cappuccino from that place." Which is why this morning when I needed to fill the car with gas, I drove out of my way to a different station, and went inside to buy a cappuccino while the gas was pumping. They had Amaretto-flavored stuff, so I jumped up and clicked my heels together with joy, and filled up their largest cup size. On the way in to work, I slowly sipped the wonderful, non-watery concoction as it guided me through the rain and fog that was fouling up the traffic.

When I got to work, there was still some left in the cup, but it had gotten cold and a little too thick with flavor, like the mix had settled in the bottom, so I decided to pour the rest out. I pulled the lid off, and what did I see? Well, of course, I saw a rassin' frassin' BUG floating at the top. So, I had to make another decision, since simply changing stores obviously didn't solve the problem, and that decision is to stop looking into my drinks. I simply do not want to know. I've probably consumed many, many insects in my lifetime that I had no idea about, and they have not harmed me in any way that I am aware of, so I'm taking the "ignorance is bliss" path, because until I saw the bug, I had really enjoyed the hell out of that cappuccino.