Caffeine

It was not my most productive day at work today. Not enough sleep will do that. With the lateness that I was up, I was hoping that as soon as my head hit the pillow I would be asleep. That didn’t happen.
It felt like I was awake all night. I know that wasn’t true, but it was not a restful sleep. Muscle pain that I can easily ignore, felt like my leg was on fire. And I think I was dreaming that I was having a dream. Look, it was weird. All in all, not a restive night.
I find that when I’ve not had enough sleep, although caffeine will help keep me awake, it feels like I’ve been crying. (Wait a minute. I’m a guy! I don’t cry, so how would I know what that feels like?)
I’ve also been discovering things about my body, as I get older, that I would never have guessed would happen. For instance, caffeine is actually starting to act weird on me. Last year, a coke would have given me a nice energy jump and I could still go to bed. I remember a time I would drink a Coke right before going to sleep because when the body was shutdown it wouldn’t process the caffeine until I woke up the next day.
Now it seems that when I have a caffeinated drink in the evening I have a lot of trouble getting to sleep. Surprise surprise. Even though I am sleepy. Isn’t the point of caffeine to prevent you from getting sleepy.
Then again, chocolate puts me to sleep if I’m not doing something particularly interesting.
Last night I had two cans of caffeinated soft drink and a candy bar. It might explain a bit.