Caffeine

I like to tell people that caffeine doesn't effect me much (before like 7 pm that is) but that only rings true in the past couple years.  The first real run-in with caffeine I had was Amy's 10th birthday party.  It was a Sunday night in January and we went to Medieval Times to celebrate.  We spent the night feasting on chicken wings and soup, screaming at the top of our lungs for the red knight, and drinking lotsssss of Pepsi.  At first I was somewhat unaffected by the Pepsi but as the night went on I became more and more wired which involved screaming even louder for the red knight (I'm sure the people surrounding us LOVED me.)  Being the extremely shy child I was I'm sure Mrs. K was more than shocked at my bold behavior.  I was chatting incessantly and way too hyped up on our drive home around 11.  When I got home I went to bed but sleep never came.  I spent the night staring at the ceiling (which was about a foot and a half from my face because I lived on the top bunk) for hours on end.  Long story short, I didn't sleep much that night.  School on Monday was a little rough and although I learned that lesson the hard way, it was totally worth it.  I now know that Coke trumps Pepsi in every instance so I'll never run into this issue ever again.