Sleeping With Icepaks

It's not supposed to get THIS hot in the part of Los Angeles that I live in. Seven miles from the ocean, we usually have great breezes coming through even on the hottest days...but for the past three days (and it looks like we have at least another week of this) our old, non air conditioned rental house, might as well be a sauna. I've got icepaks on the dog, surrounding the fishbowl, next to the hamster cage...and for the past two nights my kids have gone to bed cradling towels wrapped around the biggest icepaks I could find at Target. It's THAT hot. So gross. Thank God for chilled Chardonnay to keep this mom halfway sane and patient!! Iced coffee and chilled Chard....yep. Icepaks for everyone else in the fam! ;)

When Coffee Just Does Not Cut It Anymore...

I can't possibly be the only mom out there who thinks she has literally developed a tolerance to coffee...I remember when one cup of joe would wake me up, two cups would REALLY wake me up and if I had a third sometime later in the day I was solid until around 11pm. Not so much anymore. I still LOVE having my 2 cups in the morning...the smell, taste, feeling of a hot mug in my hands....no better way to start the day. Although I would rather be able to start the day on my own terms not being woken up by Thing 1 and Thing 2 jumping on top of me and pulverizing my ribs. However, coffee is just not waking me up anymore. AT ALL. I could literally drink two large mugs and go right back to sleep. Am I alone in this? Anyone? Anyone? I've tried energy drinks but can't stand to put all of that chemical waste into my body, and don't love the weird spazziness that ensues...the 5 Hour Energy shots do absolutely nothing for me other than to make me gag. There has got to be hope for this ol' bat....school starts in 3 weeks and my mornings are about to get earlier, busier, crazier, and and and....OMG!!!! I think I am going to order a case of Isagenix e+ Natural Balanced Energy Shots....totally natural, and promise to deliver a nice wake-up....with the added benefits of adaptogens which help our bodies deal with stressors...and lord knows I could use some of that too. I'll still have my coffee, yeah....it's a comfort drink....but this mom needs something that packs a punch....which makes me less likely to want to punch a wall in the wee hours of the morning. ;)