I don't know if it's the new coffee I'm on lately or the visions of sugar plums dancing in my head, but I absolutely cannot sleep. Which is totally unlike me. If you know me, you know just how true this is. I can sleep anywhere, anytime, for any length of time. But right now I am an absolute bundle of nerves.
For lack of better things to do at quarter to four in the morning, just before the holidays, I'll explore both possible reasons for my insomnia.
Reason A- the coffee. I was drinking coffee ground from whole beans that I purchased at Starbucks. yum. I had finally gotten myself off the sugar, which is a marvelous feat. I had begun toying with the idea of weaning myself off the cream, too. I've done it before, no reason to not try again. But then I ran out of coffee. My mother had bestowed upon me a canister of Italian Roast from Harrods, which was brought here by an English relative of ours. Now I don't know how things go overseas, but this coffee is simply strong. I had to go ahead and buy the Coffee Mate flavored creamers just to get it down. Sugar city! I thought I was drinking strong coffee when I bought it at Starbucks, but this coffee is pure java! If I told you what I did the last three days, and if you knew how normally unproductive I am, you would be amazed. So there IS a strong possibility that my restlessness is due to the over-caffeinated cells bopping around in my bloodstream.
Reason B- the holidays. the gifts. Not everything has been going my way on the gift front. One present didn't arrive yet, and now, as I've discovered, it won't be here in time for gift-giving. How disappointing. Another gift still needs tweaking. Never ever ever handmake a gift the week before Christmas. Ever. Even if you find ultra cute fabric online and some of the materials are donated to you. Just don't do it. Okay, go ahead and do it if you've done it recently and you know you're good at it. But if it's been a few years and you have to actually dust off the sewing machine AFTER you've taken off the dustcover, then just don't. Walk away and don't even go online to order a present, because you know where that got ME, but instead, go to a store. Deal with the crowds and the crabby cashiers. Just go. It's worth it.
So what keeps you up at night?
