Java Free

Newsflash... this just in... the Future Wolverine absolutely hates coffee!

I had known throughout the pregnancy that my coffee tolerance wasn't very high. Not that I drink a lot of coffee, but I did like the occasional Starbuck's iced peppermint mocha. After the first trimester, the only thing I could stand were Caribou coolers (much tastier versions of a frappacino), but even those fell by the way side about a month ago. Then yesterday morning, after waking up feeling like the walking dead, I decided to make myself a mocha using 1/3 a cup of leftover coffee, a cup of milk, and plenty of chocolate syrup. Kiddo would have none of it- I was sick all morning! At one point, I found myself absolutely giddy to learn that a small conference room at work had a lock on its door, thus enabling me to spend a half hour lying down (I was working on a report while doing so- aren't I dedicated?).

Apparently the kid has inherited his/her maternal grandfather's genes (he's the only one in the family that won't touch coffee). And I guess my love affair with iced peppermint mochas will have to wait another month or so to resume. Oh well, I don't think Starbuck's or Caribou is hurting for the business!