Caffeine free....

2012-02-21: Day +71.

Back to work after a nice four day weekend.

Today, I went caffeine free (at least, I think I did - I had a decaf Americano in the morning.)

Tough day. Depressed, lethargic, a headache all day and my leg hurt like fire. I managed to get in a full day at work, even with all that to complain about.

Once nice I was able to do at the end of the day was catch up on these blog entries. Finally. Blogging days after is rather useless. I remember bits of the day, but nothing is fresh, nothing is vibrant or has the same meaning as the day it occurs.

I had wanted to do more exploration with Cucumber and jemmy or uispec4j once I got home, but I just felt wiped. Instead, I watched a couple of episodes of Eureka and then crashed. I was in bed by 8:30 and slept through to 6:30.

No Coffee

Yesterday was day +24.

Days 22 and 23, I had 2 grandé coffees each day. While that certainly upped my manic energy level, I crashed by the time I got home.

This day I resolved to only have my white tea. The results were great. More than sufficient energy for work and at home. Also, things that irritated the hell out of me the day before, seemed of small import when not on the coffee rush.

This coffee thing is a real bugaboo for me. I often go for days without it now, and then I'll find myself at the Starbucks counter ordering a "Grandé Dark, Light Room, please" and not even be sure why I am doing it.

Then I have that first sip and the rush comes.

I wonder if there is a coffee-drinkers anonymous? :)