I’m Sorry.

I owe you all an apology. For the last few days, I’ve been very self-absorbed. I’ve been thinking mostly about myself, doing stuff, etc. What I failed to do was keep you up to speed on my levels of fatigue and my coffee consumption.

I’m sure for days now you’ve been beside yourselves, wondering how I’ve been. Perhaps you have shaken a fist at the heavens exclaiming, “Why? Why? WHY hasn’t she updated us???” Maybe you gazed forlornly at the moon, hummed a few bars of Somewhere Out There and wiped a salty tear from your cheek.

I get it, and I’m sorry. I really am. Please let me attempt to make amends.

I’m still very tired. I had the crazy notion today that I should probably cut back on my caffeine since I now chase nearly every sip of coffee with an antacid. My pulse was racing in my eyeballs last night and sometimes, not often but sometimes, I feel the need to jump up around my kitchen. Then there’s my chronic inability to sleep which I am now claiming as the sole reason I am so fat (it has nothing to do with all the pizzas, I promise).

Today, in my effort to cut back on the coffee, I drank water. I mean, honestly. Water? Ugh. But I did it. The result was that I cut my coffee by one third, from 48 ounces to 32. It got so bad around 6:30pm that I had to drink a Capri Sun juice pouch with vegetables in it to stop myself from falling over. This will not stand. Obviously.

Tomorrow I think I’m going to need 64 ounces to even things out. I’ll let you know how it goes. Maybe I won’t though. You really can’t trust me when I say I’ll do something under the influence of water and juice pouches.

This is NaBloPoMo Day 19. You can read many others here.

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12 thoughts on “I’m Sorry.

    1. michellelongo Post author

      If we had any decent candy, I probably would have opted for that. I just needed some sugar!

    1. michellelongo Post author

      I know you were all biting your nails wondering about me 🙂
      The worst part is that my tolerance is so high that I find myself drinking more and more. If I could keep it at a reasonable level it wouldn’t be so bad. Then again, I’m not a reasonable woman.

    1. michellelongo Post author

      My one 16 ounce coffee just gets the kid off to school and me to my desk. The next one helps me actually work. The third prevents a midday spontaneous nap. I wish I didn’t NEED it, but getting through the withdrawal might just kill me.

    1. michellelongo Post author

      My first love was tea. Many, many cups of tea. Many 🙂 I would abuse the caffeine in tea just as much as I do coffee. The first thing I do ever day is make coffee. I simply can’t function without.

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