with the vending machine empty of all varieties of caffeinated beverage today, and with me not really having the time or the money to go elsewhere for my fix, i've been forced to disgrace myself in ways i never thought i was capable of, just to keep my body functioning.
for some reason, i couldn't fall asleep until 5am last night, and then i had to get up at 7am. this was after getting home "early" and getting into bed at midnight. but it just didn't happen. so as you can probably imagine, having class until 5pm today means my caffeine need is great. unfortunately, there is none to be found. so i've been scraping together random piles of change all day and downing cans of barq's root beer, which a) tastes like shit b) doesn't even have any caffeine in it, just a metric assload of sugar c) tastes like shit d) tastes a lot like disgusting shit.
i feel like a junkie who suddenly finds himself naked in a closet in the dark, trying to smoke a banana peel.
the root beer has kept me functioning thus far (and also given me a horrible aftertaste in my mouth), but i'm out of change now. just a little over two more hours, then i'm taking the rest of the night "off" to do laundry, buy groceries and clean my apartment. coming back in the morning to start on my presentation in earnest. god be with us all.
No office is complete without backup caffeination, generally in the form of instant coffee and/or tea, which can then be combined with ho'twatter. If you're an expert like I am, you can even have a personal water heating device...
ReplyDeleteAnd just to preempt your objections, keep in mind that both tea and instant coffee have about as much caffeine per serving as teh soda pops (meaning they probably won't kill you)