Morning Cocktail

Today's recipe for success is a direct result of how bad I felt at work all day yesterday. A quick stop at CVS and the grocery store allowed me to stock my bag with the following items. My goal is to not actually return to standard health levels, but to transcend them in a Superman-esque fashion. If I can lift a car by the end of the morning, so be it.

In my body/on my desk right now:
-lingering effects of Nyquil, taken at 9 PM last night
-Tylenol cold and flu daytime, taken at 7 AM
-a corn muffin
-20 oz. Gatorade, lemon-lime flavor
-16 oz. coffee, one shot cream and one shot sugar
-4 (800 mg) Advil pain relief tablets, taken at 7:02 AM

I guess it's no wonder that I was barely able to focus my eyes on the road this morning. My body was so bursting full of health additives that my soul was probably trying to escape.

Of note, the other reason I'm writing this down is that this recipe would make a great compliment to an all-nighter and I don't want to forget it. Let's say you're up studying at 3 AM sitting in Packard lab, you're not retaining any information anymore, you're probably crying and rocking back and forth in the fetal position ... but what's this? A whole cadre of pain relievers, carbohydrates, and caffeine right in front of you? Well hell, you can study till dawn now, and you might even pass. Thanks, stimulants!

On the topic of all-nighters, btw, I'm beginning to establish goals for the coming semester. My four formal lectures begin and end between 9 AM and noon all five days of the week, leaving me with 1-2 Martindale advisor meetings and 1-2 IBE team meetings to schedule in the afternoon. That's it. No labs or seminars to contend with at all. The end result of this is that there should be no excuse most days for me to grab lunch after class, head straight back to the lab, and have all my homework done before dinner. If you toss in getting some extra work done during those elusive Friday afternoon/Saturday morning time slots, then this semester could really turn around how I live. No more sleeping 4 hours a night all week, no more jittery hands, no more caffeine dependency, no more sleeping during class, and, ultimately, much less stress to deal with. 7-8 hours of sleep a night preceeded by a relaxing evening of TV/reading after my evening activities sounds absolutely glorious.

So that's one goal. Who knows, I might even enjoy it and end up a nicer person.

Btw, the Gatorade/coffee taste combination is really something special. Who knew that lemon, lime, coffee, and sugar wouldn't be a delicious amalgam of flavor?

Happy Friday.