Typical Day

alternative title: output of the function of caffeine per typical day.

you can rewrite the alt title as the following: F(x):{x E Time y E caffeine consumed}

For those of you not in higher math- this post is a typical day for me, in terms of how much caffeine I consume.

Its actually a little scary.

12 am (this is when a day starts, no?): Look blearily at computer screen, ponder switching majors. Chug first Starbucks doubleshot.

12:45 am: start first pot of strong coffee. Thank the powers above for a suite mate that has a huge amount of the 'black gold', and wants to get through it by the end of the semester.

1:30 am: mounting frustration at computer code, wonder exactly how little musicians make. Consume first cup of coffee.

(note on coffee cups: we have big ones. one cup of coffee is two cups according to the markings on the pot)

2:15 am: finish first cup of coffee- look sadly at bottom of cup.

2:16 am: pour second cup of coffee, add 3 spoons of sugar.

3:00 am: ponder throwing computer outside of window, and finding and killing prof for assigning this final project.

3:30 am: suite mate comes in, demands I stop for the night and go to sleep.

3:30:30 am: decide that I'll have enough sleep when I'm dead.

4:00 am: collapse on keyboard, take an unscheduled power nap

4:20 am: get up. Ponder the effects of slobber on a keyboard. Pull out calculus II text book.

4:45 am: wonder how much a F will effect my grades.

5:00 am: finally collapse against bed, fall into fitful overcaffinated sleep.

7:30 am: first alarm goes off. I apparently get up out of my bed and turn it off, but I don't remember any of that.

8:00 am: second alarm goes off. Reach over and shut it off.

9:00 am: get up for real due to sunlight shining directly on face. blink. Try to remember what day it is.

9:05 am: successfully remember what day it is. Go back to laptop and put some more time into calculus.

9:50 am: go to Geology Lecture.

10:50 am: Buy a medium Carmel Macchiahto from the coffee shop in the library. The drink is pretty much espresso, milk,and Carmel. Ponder adding more sugar.

11:00 am: go to Technical Communication. Give all the student presenters for that day a 100. Pull out Discrete Math textbook, look prof directly in the eye and show no fear. Then, begin studying Discrete Math.

(aside: Professors are like lions: you've got to show that you're not about to take any of their crap, that you're not afraid of them, and they won't give you any trouble.)

12:15 pm: start to feel effects of lack of sleep. Wonder about hallucination myths when I see a golden retriever go up the isle of desks.

1:00 pm: go out and buy a Starbucks doubleshot, a rockstar energy drink, a 5 hour energy shot, and shampoo.

1:20 pm: write blog up to this point- then resume studying for calculus.

2:00 am: finish prepping calc to teach student. Start putting finishing touches on CS project.

2:30 pm: Decide that the CS project works, and that's all that really counts anyway.
Even if it does look like crap...

2:45 pm: go to UC to meet student and drink second Starbucks doubleshot of the day.

It works for about an hour where I am sane enough to teach three of the five concepts we will be tested on.

4:45 pm: get told by student to take nap at this point, I am very spacey and am having trouble with basic math terms. (I couldn't multiply, much less integrate by parts)

5:00 pm: go get food from the University Center- feel far better after getting my first meal of the day.

5:15 pm: fix Technical communication final essay.

6:30 pm: consume Rockstar energy drink.

7:00 pm: Swear to all higher powers I can think of, that I will never, ever, procrastinate again. EVER.

8:00 pm: consume 5 hour energy. Work until collapse (which will happen tomorrow).