Now here's a topic every 20-something can relate to... CAFFEINE.
Mmmmmm...caffeine.**
For me, the best part about a busy homework load is having the excuse to indulge in any and all caffeine-filled drinks.
It wasn't always like this... I held out on coffee of any sort for years. I never drank coffee when it was becoming "cool" with my 16-year-old friends, I drank decaffeinated Earl Grey and Orange Pekoe with my mom because, again, to me that was just about the best thing out there.
But in recent years I've had to literally throw myself away from the Tim Hortons/Starbucks counter to stop myself from buying a coffee. I'm finding more and more that I NEED one in the morning.
Take, for example, this morning. I was running late for school (but I wasn't late for class - phew) and I couldn't stop to get a Tim's before my 8 AM class. "No problem, I'll go on break," I told myself. So I did, but the line was about a mile long and I only had ten minutes so I returned to class empty handed. "That's alright you have a 3-hour spare in an hour, you can make it."
Physically, I did make it, but I felt an angry spell coming on and I knew it was because my brain wasn't fully there without its friend caffeine. My friend Taylor and I watched the Tim Hortons line continue to get longer until about 11:30 and that's when I finally got my coffee. Well - heaven on earth, I'll tell ya! - my headache went away and suddenly I was nice again. It's a miracle!
So anyway, back to my main point. In the past 2 weeks I have been treating myself to Starbucks because that's what I do when I'm too busy to have a real dinner and have to stay up until 2 AM finishing all the homework I should have done last weekend... I've had Starbucks four times in the last two weeks - $20 worth of coffee just from Starbucks in the last 2 weeks. It's so awful, but I don't care. It's amazing.
My new favourite coffee (I've given up my teenage/20/21 love of Grande Soy Tazo Chai Lattes) is a Grande Soy Gingerbread Latte - no whip. Seriously if you haven't had one I HIGHLY recommend you go to Starbucks right now and get one. I made my boyfriend drive me in from Stony Mountain on Sunday solely to get one - yeah it's that good!
As I said this is the high point of my educational life right now. Starting November 22 I will be cutting everything and cleansing, but until then Starbucks is my BFF.
Anyway folks, I have about 4 hours of homework ahead of me tonight so I'll leave you there. Make sure to try a Gingerbreak Latte soon!
M
**If you can't relate to my obvious love of caffeine (or maybe it's just a love of delicious drinks... hmmm....) then I would like to speak with you and learn all of your secrets.
