Caffeine Hallucinations

You know you have had a long night when you can't focus enough to tune the radio on your drive home. You know you have also had a long night when you resort to slamming multiple energy drinks.

I am beginning to think they are killing me slowly. Last night I drank a Monster and a sugar free Red Bull. When I got home from the paper at 1:30 a.m. I felt like I was going to die. Increase heart rate and rapid eye movements. I was freaking out, worried about why I was sweating in a 58 degree room.

I called the lady, waking her up and feeling guilty about it, but I didn't get to talk to her that much yesterday. After that I got ready for bed, carelessly stumbling, almost falling after not completely removing my leg from my jeans.

Then I saw it, just as I threw my laundry in the hamper. The biggest, hairiest spider I have ever seen, sitting on the inside frame of my closet door. Further increased heart rate made me feel dizzier than I already was.

In a moment of clarity, I grabbed my shoe and smashed the hell out of the thing ... or so I thought. I pulled the slipper away, checking the bottom to confirm the kill, further freaking myself out when I could find no spider-goo residue. I was sure I had hit that thing with the force of a sledge hammer on a thumbtack, but no confirmation.

I practically torn down my closet trying to find the thing. Resulting in a thorough search of my bed and carpet. Also resulting in me sitting in my bed like a scared three-year-old child. Waiting for it to show its ugly face.

To no avail. A caffeine induced hallucination, a headache of mind-confusing proportions.

I ended up going to sleep with the eerie feeling of things crawling on me. Not the way to start the day, since it was already 3:30 a.m.