My drug experiment (also known as trying coffee)

For starters, I am not a coffee drinker. I hate the taste. I LOVE the aroma. 
When I read a hilarious entry to one of my favorite blogs this week Parenting, Illustrated with Crappy Pictures, I started thinking about taking up the habit.  It is, after all, safer than cocaine. 
(No, Stupid, I have not and will not try cocaine)


For years I have watched other people as they mutter the words "I need a coffee" before they can do anything that requires mental alertness. I rolled my eyes at them. Eat some fruit and have a glass of cold water I say. I have always had enough energy to sort of keep up with my boys and the house and everything. Why would I need to start a caffeine addiction? It tastes nasty. 


So, anyways, Crappy Mom illustrates a compelling scenario. More energy to make life more fun for the kids, I start to envision this. Looks good. I am  a little less energetic after having baby #3 a couple of months ago. I am getting more and more interested in this coffee phenomenon. Thinking of the children after all. I start to envision myself running back and forth giggling with the boys, staying peppy, doing smiley bicep curls with the baby... All of this could be worth the yuck and nasty after-breath of a heavenly scented coffee. 
I think this calls for an experimental moment!!!


I am a beginner at coffee so, I start slow. I will infuse a little coffee into my beloved hot chocolate. My mesh loose tea ball thingy looks like a good way to deliver coffee to the hot chocolate. I scoop some of the coffee into the mesh ball thing and swirl it around my mug. Much of the coffee makes it through the mesh. Eww. I am determined though. Nothing will stop me from trying Experiment Coffee Buzz. I smell the concoction, smells good. I taste it... tastes like coffee that wants to be something better, like a hot chocolate. I drink it anyways and wait for the magic to happen. Fifteen minutes or so later I text my husband. He drinks coffee sometimes to combat fatigue and be a better parent; he would know about this stuff. His brilliant reply is this, "coffee works when you believe it works". Maybe I should go full tilt next time and have an actual coffee? The only difference I noticed was an unusual facial tick in the chin/lower lip area. Was it the coffee? Don't care cause I really need to brush my teeth and swish a little mouthwash now.


I think I'll stick to cold water and fruit. My kids will never experience a perky coffee-mom. Sorry guys, Experimental Failure.