Impractical insomnia.

Posted 02:23 AM, June 30, 2008, by tjchen

I should not have coffee. Why oh why did I drink coffee?!

For most people I know, coffee is a mild stimulant that they imbibe in copious amounts in order to desperately stay awake.

For me, coffee makes my brain and heart race, my appetite continuous, my stomach a little queasy, and my emotions a little crazy.

Senior year of college, I was up to about 4-5 cups of coffee a day. I cut myself off, however, and switched to tea when I arrived here.

Occasionally, I still have coffee. One example of this is today. I had one and a half cups. Hence, why I am blogging at 2:30 in the a.m. Coffee...ah, coffee...it keeps me very awake, and a little disturbing if you are with me at the time. Today, the limited amount made me a little jumpy.

I don't feel ready for bed.

I really do have a lot of work to do tomorrow.

I came home about half an hour ago, and began to ponder what types of sleep aids I have in the apartment. Musing over the items in the cabinets, I went over to the fridge and looked at a bottle of wine that my old roomate left before she moved. I grabbed the cork for a second, and thought...nahhhh and put the bottle back.

What else do people use to sleep?

Warm milk, sleeping pills, soothing lavender...all of these things I do not have in my apartment.

I have instead, foods that are high in sugar content, tea, and

...coffee.

Oh well, I shall try to sleep now in the hopes that tomorrow I will not feel extremely exhausted.

Remind me not to have coffee.