Goddamnit. We are on day 5 sans frigo and I just made a big mistake. Desperate for cold beverage at 10:30 at night, I couldn't resist the lure of the Diet Coke The Boy had bought me to accompany our fifth takeout meal of the week. Oh, don't get me wrong: I knew the dangers of the late-night caffeine. But until you haven't lived without a fridge in 90 degree heat, I don't think you're really well-positioned to judge me.
So yes, I did it. I drank the Diet Coke just before 11 pm.
Now it's 2.30 am and I still have that signature shaking-leg move that results from caffeine overkill. Damn you Diet Coke! Damn you takeout joint with cold beverages!
The worst part, of course, is that I knew I'd regret it. Even as I opened the can, I thought, "Oh, this is a baaad idea." It's not the first time a little voice has said one thing while the rest of me has done the complete opposite. In my defense, I was thirsty as hell and had had enough of the lukewarm tap water.
I find this all fairly amusing, naturally, as tomorrow is the first day in a long while that I actually HAVE to get up early. This was totally well-planned on my part.
As long as I'm over-caffeinated, can I just get something off my chest? Thanks. I have this one pet peeve, and I have been noticing it more and more lately: "I should of" or "I could of" or any variation on that theme. What are people thinking? I know that's what we SAY, but please just write the "have" anyway. I think the very frequency with which I have been spotting this phenomenon around the internet is indicative of my need to spend less time online. We all know that nobody pays attention to what they write on "The Internets" -- myself included. But that's just one grammatical error I cannot let slide.
Another thing? If you're going to spend a good portion of your day riding around in a big truck, don't wear a skirt. Trucks are really hard to get into without flashing somebody. I like to think the guy in that Mercedes was a minister. We were right near all the government buildings after all.
I HATE "could of" too. It drives me completely insane and makes me want to hunt down and kill anyone that writes it on the internet.
So, um, was the guy in the Mercedes wearing a skirt? Or is the truck a Mercedes? I'm so so confused.
PS--I restarted a new blog. Just FYI.
I was getting into the truck as a guy drove by in a Mercedes.