about those magical caffeine pills

It was great that the caffeine pills kept me both alert enough to do some work and also devoid of the hallucinations i am wont to have when i am excessively tired. It was, however, NOT so great when I was trying to go to sleep at 10pm and I had a bit of a panic attack in my bed, freaking out when I was unsure whether my heart was racing or had stopped altogether. Thankfully Irene talked me off that ledge, suggested I have a cup of herbal decaf tea and lay down on the couch with a movie on. That lulled me to sleep thankfully. Man!