There is something wrong with the "small" margarita
(the menu listed "small" and "large") ringing up
on the bill as "kid's margarita". (Mad Mex,
Sunday night.)
Unfortunately, I had to stop drinking the caffeinated stuff about three years ago. I liked it so much that I was drinking a pot a day, and my sleep patterns got ... interesting.
You just weren't drinking enough. I can say from personal experience that if you maintain a certain level of caffeine in your blood stream, you can drink a 16oz bottle of Mountain Dew right before bedtime with no ill effects. Or at least I could when I was 20-something.
Caffeine isn't a drug that alters my state; it maintains it. Unfortunately, I have yet to convince my health-insurance provider that it's a maintenance drug they should cover. :-)
I must admit, though, that it may well have been the combination of extreme stress and caffeine overload that made things go hinky. And now it's been so long since I've had caffeine regularly that I really can't have it after noon and still expect to sleep that evening.
Father staggers into the kitchen, unshaven, rumpled and bleary-eyed. His two small children look on wide-eyed as he grabs a cup of coffee and then begins to look normal. Smallest boy says: "What's Daddy drinking?" Slightly older sister replies: "Coffee. It's what turns grown-ups into people."
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Date: 2004-09-21 07:52 am (UTC)You just weren't drinking enough. I can say from personal experience that if you maintain a certain level of caffeine in your blood stream, you can drink a 16oz bottle of Mountain Dew right before bedtime with no ill effects. Or at least I could when I was 20-something.
Caffeine isn't a drug that alters my state; it maintains it. Unfortunately, I have yet to convince my health-insurance provider that it's a maintenance drug they should cover. :-)
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Date: 2004-09-21 08:18 am (UTC)I must admit, though, that it may well have been the combination of extreme stress and caffeine overload that made things go hinky. And now it's been so long since I've had caffeine regularly that I really can't have it after noon and still expect to sleep that evening.
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Date: 2004-09-21 09:22 am (UTC)Doctor to father: Your blood pressure, cholesterol, [...other stuff...] are all way off the scale. What exactly do you eat?
Father: Well let's see... in the morning I'll have a couple of things of coffee...
Doctor: Two cups of coffee is fine. What else?
Father: Not cups, pots. Then I'll crack open a slab of bacon...
Doctor (offstage): Nurse, you might want to tell Mrs. Martin to reschedule.
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Date: 2004-09-21 09:57 am (UTC)Father staggers into the kitchen, unshaven, rumpled and bleary-eyed. His two small children look on wide-eyed as he grabs a cup of coffee and then begins to look normal. Smallest boy says: "What's Daddy drinking?" Slightly older sister replies: "Coffee. It's what turns grown-ups into people."