Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
The real side effects of caffeine withdrawal
The world is not a
safe place for the consistently clumsy or the awfully awkward. I’ve found that
this is particularly true now that I’m caffeine deprived. I gave up coffee for a
couple weeks and I’m not ashamed to say that, in the beginning, I was as jittery as a heroin
addict jonesing for her next fix.
In addition to being sluggish in the morning, the lack of caffeine turned me into a bungling
butterfingers. I was dropping things, bumping into corners and tripping over
real and imagined objects. In one particularly bizarre incident, the belt of my
housecoat snagged in the door of a cupboard (I re-enacted the horror in the
photo above). The snagging of my belt caused me to fall to the floor, spilling
my mug of herbal tea (it tasted like old gym socks anyway) and I smashed my
already sore shoulder on the tile floor. It was like I was auditioning for my
own part on Loony Tunes .
The good news? I am now able to consume a
cup of coffee every few days and my overly clumsy stage seems to have ended
(although I’ll never be graceful) . Other good news? I’m totally enjoying the
current book I’m writing. It hasn't found a publishing home yet, however, so if you're looking for something to read click here for some suggestions.
How about you? Are you the poised and graceful type?
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