I have always thought in my mind that I am probably killing myself by drinking these energy drinks. The caffeine in them can not be good for you if you drink it daily. I probably drink 2-4 energy drinks a week. I drink Xyience Xenergy because they have no sugar and no calories. I am certain they make up for it in other ways. I thought I would do a little research to see just how bad they really are compared to coffee. My Grandparents whom are both in their 80’s are healthy and drink 5-10 cups of coffee per day. This leads me to believe that caffeine alone does not have a negative effect on the body.

Cup of Coffee: 90-150 mg of Caffeine depending upon the make of the coffee. (Source)
Xenergy 16ox Can: 200mg (Source)

Using my Grandparents as an example. Say they drink on average 8 cups of coffee a day. At the very least their caffeine intake per day is 720mg. At the most I will consume one energy drink in a day, which is 200mg of caffeine.

I often have a hard time falling asleep at night if I drink one to late in the day, my Grandparents however, will drink a cup of coffee before bed. I am not sure how they do it, but they are healthy.

I think I just justified my occasional energy drink. Thank you very much.

Earlier this month I had made a goal to work remotely as often as possible (i.e. Not from my home office). With the iPhone 3.1 software update breaking Internet Tethering on the iPhone I have had to work from my home office more often then I would like to. AT&T also made me mad when they switched my Internet Wireless Card account from unlimited internet to the 200MB plan with out telling me. I can go through 200MB in about 10 minutes. So as of current I will be working remotely from as many Starbucks as I possibly can with out becoming to much of a regular at any given location. With my Starbucks Gold Card, I get internet access at any of the Starbucks locations. Working remotely from anywhere was suppose to be one of my new adventures this year but until AT&T gets their act together and allows internet tethering on the iPhone once again, I am confined to the Wifi radius of a Starbucks. Sad but true.

Well I decided to create an adventure category. Not because I have really had many adventures this year, but because I plan to have some soon. This year has been quite the year of restructuring and positioning. I have had some new and exciting things happen in the last year which have generated more freedom from the status quo, I just need to figure out how to do the same thing for Mallory. I want 2010 to be the year we start creating adventures that we will be able to look back on.