July 30, 2008

Life on Decaf

Miserable doesn’t even begin to describe how my mood has been this week.  Since we’ve moved in with my parents, I’ve had a headache from the time I wake up until the time I go to bed.  Mr. BBM said it was stress.  My Mom said it was allergies because of our new location living in the woods.  I figured it was exhaustion and dehydration because check and check.  I feel like I’m suffering from both of them.

Today I found out the real reason.

Earlier in the week, I asked my Mom if her coffee was regular or decaf.  She told me it was regular.  If I miss my cup of coffee, I get a horrendous headache.  I had kicked the caffeine habit during both pregnancies and for as long as I nursed both of these girls.  But when you have two little ones and you need some go power, you grovel back to the coffee and the caffeine.  It’s what needs to be done.

This morning as I was preparing a small pot of coffee, I read the label on my Mom’s coffee:

"Dunkin’ Decaf."

"Dunkin’ Decaf!!!!" I cried out!  I immediately went downstairs to the little refrigerator that houses all of our things we couldn’t fit in the big one to retrieve my very caffeinated coffee, and dumped a healthy heaping tablespoon into the coffee maker. 

My mood is drastically improving.  I may actually have the energy and feel well enough to find my socks today. 

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Posted by on July 30, 2008 in Mental Strain for Mama | 13 Comments

Comments

13 Comments on Life on Decaf

  1. Avitable on Wed, 30th Jul 2008 12:57 pm

    2. Your mom doesn’t know the difference between regular or decaf?

  2. Lisa (Martial Arts Mom) on Wed, 30th Jul 2008 12:59 pm

    3. OMG – I know what you mean! When I am sick and can’t peel myself out of bed for coffee, I realize that I’m feeling worse as the day progresses. So, I have no choice but to peel myself out of bed and make coffee so the horrible headache will stop. And it works. And if I’m not drinking coffee, Iā€™m usually drinking iced tea. If it weren’t for caffeine, all that would course through my veins would be blood!

  3. Charlie On the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Wed, 30th Jul 2008 1:31 pm

    4. Had that happened to me, about the only thing that would have caused me NOT to react angrily would be knowing she was my mother.
    More evidence of your determination and grit: how you lasted so many days amazes me.

  4. sizzle on Wed, 30th Jul 2008 3:17 pm

    5. Well thank goodness you got to the bottom of that. Going cold turkey from that stuff will even the nicest person a monster. (Speaking from personal experience.)

  5. jody on Wed, 30th Jul 2008 4:11 pm

    6. LOL!
    People would be in BIG trouble around here if my espresso got swapped for decaf Whoooo nelly.

  6. Nat on Wed, 30th Jul 2008 6:07 pm

    7. Ooooh. Caffeine withdrawl is nasty! Long live caffeine.

  7. John on Thu, 31st Jul 2008 12:27 am

    8. She told you it was regular coffee and it was decaf? That’s blasphemy! I don’t drink decaf, never. Maybe I’ll kick the caffeine habit in my next lifetime.

  8. Renovation Girl on Thu, 31st Jul 2008 12:37 am

    9. Ooo, you foiled your mom’s evil plans to control you…Kudos to Mama BBM for attempting this one, but she knows not who she is dealing with. šŸ˜‰

  9. Iron Fist on Thu, 31st Jul 2008 2:16 am

    10. Fellow coffee addict, huh? I know how it is.

  10. Papa Bradstein on Thu, 31st Jul 2008 9:06 am

    11. In the words of 3B, “No! No! No!”

  11. Karl on Thu, 31st Jul 2008 11:57 am

    12. Death to decaf!

  12. Stacy on Thu, 31st Jul 2008 1:59 pm

    13. This happened last month when we visited my husband’s grandparents for a weekend. I thought I was getting SO SICK and then I noticed that, wait … this is a familiar headache … could it be … caffeine withdrawl? We were at the Pittsburgh Zoo when I thought I was going to die flat on the hot pavement as cold dead as a stone, and then I drank FOUR super large diet sodas and I felt like a person again. (four sodas because coffee has much more caffeine than soda, bummer) I had to pee every five minutes for the entire day.

  13. supergroup7 on Sun, 3rd Aug 2008 1:07 pm

    14. Sorry, Blackbeltmama, I’m on the other side of the fence. Caffeine is such a nasty thing to have burdening your body system. The fact that you suffered so much from withdrawal like that is a sign to me that I’d really need to lower my intake. I know that I was suffering from muscle cramps when I was drinking coffee frequently. Just take care, Blackbeltmama, and stay healthy.

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