Caffeine

2:20 pm.  Today.
Caffeine does for me what it's supposed to: it lights a nice little fire under my ass.  Occasionally, it will make me hyper.  But never counter-productively so.  Almost always, though, it makes me jittery. Fingers tremble, legs wobble, and light-headedness takes over.  These physical side effects were why I cut out coffee from my diet back in April.

I don't know if it's because we've finally entered the only other calendar month that starts with an A or because I can feel the PMS creeping in, but whatever the case, I had my inevitable relapse this week.  The lure of sugary and milky officially took over.  This, today's afternoon cup of joe number one of two, is what we call a big fat fail.  If I were in kindergarten, I wouldn't get a gold star sticker on my chart today.  That's really sad because you know it would be the only blank slot in a sea of gold stars, right?