Coffee Confessions: A Day Without Coffee

Hello, my name is LaShawn. And these are my coffee confessions.

Ironically, even though I am obsessed with coffee, my day doesn’t actually start out with it.

I have a routine you see……

I wake up at the crack of dawn to do things: clean, pack lunches, blog, meditate, attempt to exercise….

And then from about 630 until 8 am, I am running running running: I get Pookah up, dressed, breakfast made, lunch packed, out the door and in school by 745.

Right before I leave the house, I usually either turn on my Keurig or I set my kettle to boil water for pour over coffee.

And when I get home, it’s time.

It’s time for that first sip that first bit of loveliness, that warm cup of joy..that giver of life….

I usually savor that cup while planning out my day before I start working. In the peace..and quiet….

I usually get another cup to perk me up around mid day, and one last cup in the late afternoon for my 4 pm pickup right before it’s time to pick Pookah up from school.

I’ve got it down to a science. I’m productive. I’m a joy to be around! My day goes almost exactly as planned.

But last week…I ran out of coffee, and didn’t ‘know it until I got back home and it was too late to even head to the QT to get a cup.

But I could DO this, I thought. I’d just hold out until around noon when I could sneak out to get some then.

Guys…..

8:45 a.m: I spill my breakfast( as plate full of eggs and sweet potato hash browns) AND WEAK TEA all over my desk and down my shirt.

9:30 am: I had to change my clothes, shower again( eggs were found in unfortunate places) and clean my desk. Now late for work.

10:45 am: Wait, I had a meeting at 10???

11:35 am: Maybe I can sneak to the store for coffee but….My phone rings…*throws all the things*

12 noon: Another meeting…wait, did someone ask me a question?

12:05 pm :I’m hungry…..

1 pm:  I’ve nodded off in this meeting several times….

1:15 pm: Email from boss: are you ok?

1:15-1 :45 pm: Frantically try to concentrate on work while looking at the clock and dreaming of afternoon caffeine.

1:55 pm: It’s almost lunch time!!!

1:56 pm: The phone rings: Hello this is Pookah’s teacher…

2 pm: Instead of a lunch break, I head to Pookah’s school to pick up a sick child.

2:15-3:00 pm: Sick child comfort measures (cuddletime, TV to Phineas and Ferb, popcorn)

3:00 pm: Scarfs down leftovers from dinner for lunch..STILL NO COFFEE

3-5 pm: Attempts to work, amuse a 6-year-old and not go out of my mind. All at the same time.

5 pm : Whimpers…

5-6 pm: Feeds sick child fish sticks and ice cream. Because my brain has given up.

6 pm: Husband arrives home. Opens mouth to ask what’s for dinner: but sees sick child on the couch and listens to his screeching wife babble about life without caffeine…hides in man cave.

6:15-7:00 pm: Gives up on working because…why?

7:30 pm: Bathes child then heads straight out the door.

8:00 pm: Buys coffee..but it’s TOO LATE FOR IT! *weeps quietly in the car*

8:30 pm: Heads to bed in defeat. But brews coffee and puts it in my Genuine Thermos® Brand thermos to keep it hot until morning. Because…I can’t handle that kind of day again….

 

And that my fiends…is my life without caffeine.

Have you ever had a day without coffee? Head on over to Twitter  and use the hashtag #coffeeconfessions and share your coffee confessions with @Thermos  .Genuine Thermos® Brand will  be selecting and awarding coffee to those who participate! I can’t wait to read about your coffee confessions!