Les Jones

Funny Ha-Ha > Do You Think I'm Addicted to Coffee?

I got up to get a drink of water, realized it was almost time for Melissa's alarm clock to go off, and decided to stay up and do some blogging.

Some coffee would be great. Then I remembered I emptied the coffee tin last weekend. I rummage through the cabinets. No coffee.

I decided to check my backpacks, thinking I might have some leftover grounds from the last camping trip. No coffee.

I remembered having a little bit of decaf (arg!) in the freezer. Maybe I could fool myself. I poured the beans into the grinder, but there weren't enough beans to fill it. I could maybe stretch it to two cups.

Then - mirabilu dictu! - I remembered finding Penguin caffeinated peppermints in my home office desk a few days ago. Three mints are supposed to equal a cup of coffee. There were five mints left in the tin. I spread them across the two cups of java.

And you know what? This stuff tastes pretty good. Coffee and peppermint is a tasty combination, and I can feel the kick just like regular coffee. What a great morning.