can't sleep...

Busy day and I can't fall asleep.
I'm not even tired... 12:24am...
maybe it was the Starbucks I drank on the way home from tball and cheerleading practice at 7:45 tonight. Oh yes, that did it I'm sure...
Darn Starbucks... but oh so heavenly.
OK, I am a caffeine addict. I'm like that lady on the cartoon... with the caffeine patch.


I have really cut back my old coffee habits. Working night shift, usually getting 3 hours of sleep in a 24 hour period I would say I drank well over 14 cups of coffee during those 24 hour stretches. I don't drink just any coffee either... we drink Colombian espresso that we make brew in a coffee pot. Numerous time I have had friends drink it and have heart palpitations and totally unable to sleep. It really was all that got me through the sleepless nights and endless days when I was working nights, taking care of the kids during the day while Tony was in Ft. Lauderdale.
I am so glad those days are behind me...
I have a much healthier relationship with coffee now.. but yes, still an addict. I know eventually I will have to give it up but I just don't have time right now.

My poor children know not to ask too much of me before my first cup of coffee. Sophia even asks, "Mommy after you drink coffee will you..."
Poor kids! I just need that first sip to get me going. Like a true addict, a few days ago I stood at the kitchen sink and took my first sip, caught myself actually say... "YEAAASSSS..." It was almost erotic.. until I realized what I was doing and felt a little ashamed that I love coffee that much. It makes me feel like I can accomplish just about anything...

I try not to drink coffee at night. Today though, I knew when I got home at 8pm, I would still have to feed,bath, and put the kids to bed. Walk the dogs... pick up toys.. write two essays that were due at midnight.. among an assortment of other things and after spending the last 3 hours on a field with screaming 4-12 year old cheerleaders and 3-6 year old boys running backwards around a baseball field I was going to need some STRONG coffee... so I ordered...
A Grande Iced Carmel Machiatto, with two shots of espresso, eight pumps of vanilla, extra carmel and whipped cream, please.
Thank you!

Well- my plan to blog myself to sleep is working, my eyes are getting heavy and with any luck I'll get a few hours of sleep before waking up bright and early to take Sophia to a learning playdate with some homeschool friends and to greet me... another cup of coffee... yes, I have my espresso on an alarm ready to brew exactly 10 mintues before my alarm rings to wake me up.
If I didn't do this Tony and I would lay in bed and fight over who would get up and set the coffee pot... he always looses the battle, because I just pretend I've fallen asleep again,and he usually ends up running late for work... he is as big of a coffee junkie as I am. We are co dependant in our addiction.
He even researched if we were ever lost in the woods we could use pine needles to make a drink that would have similar effects as coffee, and don't find this weird at all... in fact, I feel very comforted in knowing this information.
OH- and just because I love owls and coffee... isn't this cute!