Freebies

Today it started. As our friends and relatives find out that we’re expecting a munchkin, they’re beginning to offer us various baby accoutrements. So far we’ve been offered a high-chair and a nursing cushion. We appreciate these offers as we haven’t really been out looking for things seriously yet.

What’s also started is me having what I’ve now realized is caffeine headaches. During the first trip I took at the end of October I went from having 1 cup of coffee per day to up to 4 or 5 cups. This was due to the change in time zones (to 3 hours ahead) as well as early days and having to come back on site late at night to complete some tasks off-hours. I didn’t really think about it much at the time.

Over the past week I’ve been having increasingly bad headaches in the afternoon, and I notice that I’m short-tempered and grumpy. Some of it can be attributed to over-work but I suddenly realized today that I have been craving coffee in the late afternoons, and when I drink one my headache lessens. Bad sign.

So I’ve sworn off coffee today for the next few days to try and get over this. Yes I’m grumpy and irritable and have a splitting headache most of the time. But hopefully it will be short-lived.