I made it through Link Crew Orientation 2010. Somehow, looking back on the last week, it doesn't seem like it should have been as stressful as it felt. Everything went better than it ever has gone before. This is my third year co-leading the Link Crew program, and I am proud of the strides we've made in improving the program each year.
Now, however, I find that my caffeinated brain can't slow down enough to rest. Not that I shouldn't know this about myself. I found out in college that my body is not able to handle caffeine. Before college, I was not a caffeine drinker. My mom was careful to always buy caffeine-free sodas when I was growing up, and I never drank coffee, or really anything besides milk and water, until I got to college. Even in college, I was still pretty much a milk drinker, until I started working at Subway, where I had access to unlimited free Starbucks next door.
It took me a few weeks during my semester of student teaching AND working at Subway before I finally figured out that the reason I couldn't sleep at night even though my student teaching and Subway job left me exhausted at the end of each day, was because I was drinking WAAAAY more caffeine than my body was used to and capable of processing---for basically the first time in my life.
Since then, I have tried to limit my caffeine intake. I find that having one cup of coffee in the morning can make it difficult to fall asleep, even up to 12 hours after I've had the coffee. And with two cups of coffee in one day, well, I basically become ADHD. I can't focus on anything, and sometimes my hands literally shake when I hold them out in front of me. It's crazy.
It is therefore a VERY, VERY rare ocassion that I indulge myself and consume caffeine. It's almost not worth the side effects. Today was one of those days, and now that it's over, I am even regretting the caffeine I had at 5:30 a.m.
Alas, I find myself posting a pointless blog entry rather than taking a much-needed nap!
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