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Gaaah. Barely Awake. - Bob Schroeck - 10-19-2018
I woke up at 3:30 AM this morning and couldn't go back to sleep. I was barely functional enough to drive into work, but I forgot my keycard and my thumbdrive. We have a production push tonight. There's a company social event this afternoon at a local bowling alley. And on top of everything else Peggy wants me to take her shopping when I get home. Gaaaaaaah.
RE: Gaaah. Barely Awake. - Shader - 10-19-2018
Coffee. Strong coffee. (Be sure to stay hydrated)
Or a suitable caffeinated beverage.
Or if you really hate your kidneys and teeth, one of those "8 hrs energy in a can" monster sports energy drinks.
Other then that.... take it slow and steady and enjoy the crash when it comes.
RE: Gaaah. Barely Awake. - Bob Schroeck - 10-19-2018
Peggy has relented on the shopping request. Everything else... hasn't.
On my fifth (I think) cup of coffee this morning. That wouldn't be so bad if I actually liked coffee. But I don't. (One advantage of that is that I don't care if it's good coffee or bad coffee. It all sucks to me.)
RE: Gaaah. Barely Awake. - DHBirr - 10-19-2018
Be careful, Bob. One memory from my Army days that's particularly stuck with me is the time, after three or four cups, I realized I could feel my whole body vibrating.
RE: Gaaah. Barely Awake. - robkelk - 10-19-2018
You'll also be up all night. Like beer, one does not buy coffee, one merely rents it.
RE: Gaaah. Barely Awake. - hazard - 10-19-2018
(10-19-2018, 12:53 PM)DHBirr Wrote: Be careful, Bob. One memory from my Army days that's particularly stuck with me is the time, after three or four cups, I realized I could feel my whole body vibrating.
Military coffee tends to be rather more caffeinated than civilian coffee for so far I've heard.
That said, at 5 cups in the morning alone it's time to start cutting back, especially when you're not used to drinking caffeinated beverages. Caffeine poisoning is a thing that can happen. The final stages of which (prior to loss of conscience) is apparently a few minutes of experiencing bullet time.
RE: Gaaah. Barely Awake. - Bob Schroeck - 10-19-2018
Nope, I wasn't vibrating. I'm not unused to caffeine -- I tend to drink gunpowder green tea at work and only move up to coffee when I need more caffeine per unit volume -- and in general that much caffeine just makes me headachy later. I did in fact stop at five cups, though I had two diet cokes at the social event afterward. I'm not exactly crashing now, just sort of slowly coasting to a stop.
RE: Gaaah. Barely Awake. - robkelk - 10-19-2018
Take it easy tomorrow morning, please.
RE: Gaaah. Barely Awake. - Black Aeronaut - 10-20-2018
Could have been worse. He could have gone for Dr. Dinosaur's Perfectly Ordinary Coffee.
(Really, my hat's off to him for getting the guys at Atomic Robo to go with that. But then again, the staff at Atomic Robo is probably one of Funranium's biggest customers.)
RE: Gaaah. Barely Awake. - Dartz - 10-20-2018
Sudafed and Red Bull have gotten me through some very long days after some very short nights - but it's a bit like adding nitro to an engine. It can be dangerous.
It's been a while since I've had to but it basically got me through my final year project in college.
It has to be the proper sudafed though, with the ephedrine in it. The half-arsed stuff will just about clear your head.