Gah! Caffeine overload!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I spent this weekend at my friend’s apartment. I had to go to work this afternoon, and so planned on leaving in the morning to get ready. Lately my friend and I both have bothersome colds (though nothing debilitating) and I was very phlegmy this morning. In addition to taking some cold pills, I put on a pot of coffee. Hot drinks seem to really help congestion for me. I was chatting with my friend, and lost track of how much coffee I drank. I normally don’t really drink that much, maybe 1 cup a day in the morning on weedays when I have to get up early. But I was having a conversation with my friend and lost track of how many times I went to get a refill. Suddenly I realized that we had to set the clocks ahead. I had to go! Looking over, I saw that there was still half a pot of coffee. Not wanting it to go to waste (my friend doesn’t drink coffee at all) I grabbed the coffee pot and guzzled the rest of it.

I didn’t think about the reprecussions of drinking a whole pot of coffee. Normally I’m not really heavily affected by caffeine. But I sure was today. At work, I had the biggest caffeine buzz I have ever gotten. Combined with the cold pill, my sinuses were clear, bodyaches gone, and cough subsided. I was practically flying around the tutoring center, talking so fast that the words were jumbled into an indecipherable mess. Everything around me felt like it was moving in slow motion :eek:

When I went home I was still hyper and so I decided to practice the piano. I got so engrossed in practicing one piece that I’m learning (Fur Elise) I lost track of time. When I took a break because my back was getting sore, I checked the clock and realized I had been playing the same song over and over for 2 hours :eek: normally I barely have the patience to practice for more than 15 minutes in a stretch.

However now it is 6 PM and the buzz still hasn’t gone away. I’m worried I’m not going to be able to sleep tonight, which is bad since I have to get up early for work/school tomorrow. I am tired right now, but its sort of a ‘tired-wide-awake’ type feeling. Man, what the hell was I thinking drinking a whole pot of coffee?!

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Now you know never to do coke.

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As a jaded 2-jug a dayer (plus numerous cups of tea), I’m envious of anyone who can still get such a big buzz out of so little…

Have a whisky/glass wine - it’ll soon bring you down.

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Let’s have a cup of strong coffee and plan our next movement!

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Oh, just have another couple of pots and stay awake until tomorrow night.:wink:

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Dude! Awesome!

You know what? My house is a mess and I really need to clean it. Think you could come over and help? Oh look! A cow! Hey, wait a minute, there’s some pizza left over! Want some pizza before we start cleaning? Oh, you want to play “Fur Elise” again? Sure, no problem, man. Good tune. Hey, you know “Freebird”? WOOOOOOOOOO! FREEEEEEEBIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRD! What? C’mon, EVERYBODY makes that joke! No really, I want to hear Beethoven! Hey, pick up that pizza crust! Geez, didn’t your mother ever teach you how to use a trash can? And who the hell is Elise, anyway? Always wondered about that. I want more coffee. You need some while I’m up?

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I read that post in my really fast talker voice inside my head and I can just feel how buzzed you are man flying around the room busy busy busy can’t slow down never gonna do that again but at least you got alot done today yeah that’s one good thing about it but man are you ever going to get to sleep tonight?

:smiley:

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Hear, hear & me too. I work graves. Sometimes I drink a pot before coming to work, then drink another pot when I get here. Then about 3:00 a.m. when I eat “lunch”, I’ll have a Mountain Dew. Then about 5:00 a.m. I’ll be falling asleep at my desk & have to get up and walk around awhile.