for a cup of coffee.I have been resisting the need for a daily cup of coffee for a little over 3 years now. That's how long its been since I have had an uninterrupted night of sleep and that is no joke. So today I caved in and bought a Mr. Coffee 4 cup programmable coffeemaker. After the last 3 days of walking around with my eyes half open I decided that it was time to develop a taste for the legally addictive caffeinated drink of choice. You may be asking why has it taken me so long to do this? Well, because the only way I have liked coffee in the past is if it had sugar, cream, more sugar, milk and a natural sweetener I like to call sugar. You get the point. So, by the time I'm done "fixing" my cup of coffee I might as well be drinking sweetened milk. A very unhealthy high calorie drink that usually makes me sick by the time I'm done with it. But with times of desperation come times of sacrifice, so today I am embarking on the difficult and painful process of retraining my taste buds. One teaspoon of sugar and a splash of skim milk will be the only added ingredient. And then maybe one day I will graduate to drinking it black. Small steps lead to great climbs.
Wish me luck! :)
Wish me luck! :)
6 comments:
20 oz. of black goodness with a shot or two of espresso is the ONLY way to go;-)
I wish you the best with that Amanda! Melissa can sure teach you a thing or two about a good cup of coffee. I still can't stand the stuff, but I understand your plight!
ah my friend! i too have considered embarking on such a pallet-displeasing quest! i too have desired the pick-up without the great calorie sum-up! alas, i have yet to summon the courage to face the power of the naked, dark java. your bravery and self-denial are envisioning! but darest i follow you, my valiant sister, into the battle of the bitter brew??
i too have felt the weight of fatigue-burdened eyelids many a morning, yet knowing that some relief be is easily found in as little as 8oz. of the horrid concoction... but with great trepidation and fragility of soul comes the thot of conquering said bud-biting ounces.
alas, what is to become of me? will i ever gain the fortitude of inner being to face Mr.Coffee's full potency? will i evermore be subject to the great tsunami of sleep-deprivation??
at this rate, writing the longest comment ever known to mankind.... at midnight... i think yes.
Thank you all for your encouragement and for the humor Em. I had my first cup today and it was "eye" opening!
Oh you will come around quickly, my friend!! It started with needing all the extras for me too! Now I only add milk! you'll get there too! :) Welcome to the dark side! :)
Ha! You crack me up! Rob introducted me to the awful stuff and little did I know that I am now addicted to it. If I don't have my morning "pick me up" i have a headache that won't quit by noon! So, there are up's and down's to the stuff....I'll choose to embrace the ups and ignore the donwn's! ;)
miss you!
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