Decision time

Finding myself at a breaking point this early in the summer vacation has taken the wind out of my sails.  I am enjoying iced tea, coffee, iced mochas and espressos more and more as the weeks have gone by, but don't want to go overboard and end up a caffeine addict.  

The funny part is, I often drink stuff that is partially decaffeinated.

You got that right, its the half-caf stuff that STILL is leaving me craving for more at 9 o'clock at night.

This is the saddest addiction of all!

Thus decision time is upon me.  Am I going to be the woman who controls the caffeine or am I going to become the coffee freak who deals with the busy summer schedule with double shot iced espressos every afternoon at 3pm?

Maybe it would be best not to make this decision while Jonesin' for an espresso...

Comments

[Stephan Jennebach]

Tracy,

You need to control the caffeine. More than two cups of coffee a day can start to be detrimental to your health over time.
If you like the flavor, just use decaf (like for an iced latte in the afternoon). Get your caffeine fix in the morning and use decaf the rest of the day.
No caffeine after 4:00pm if you want to get a good night's sleep:)
It might be hard to "come down" from your current caffeine levels at first, but your body will adjust. If you find yourself tired every afternoon, that would be a symptom of something that should be FIXED (like not enough sleep), not MASKED with more caffeine...

Sorry if this sounds a little preachy - just trying to help.