Zip Fizz. Not so good for us.
On Dec 10, 9:38*am, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> Not sure how widely available this stuff is. *It is made just up the street
> from me. *It's a powdered energy and vitamin drink that comes in tubes. *You
> put it in a bottle of water that you taken some out of. If you don't take a
> little out you have a big mess. *If you don't take enough out (like I did)
> you still have a mess. *The stuff fizzes as you put it in. *No sugar in it.
> We've gotten samples at Costco and it tastes good. *I just bought a box
> because they had a coupon for it at Costco.
>
> Angela had a tube of it yesterday before dance class. *Then I had a tube
> when I got home from dropping her off yesterday.
>
> Angela got to bed shortly after midnight. *Then the whining began. *"Mom! *I
> can't sleep! *I'm not tired at ALL!" *This generally only happens at the
> start of the school year. *And because she didn't do her homework in a
> timely fashion over the weekend as I had instructed her to do, she wound up
> staying up super late for several days so she could get it all done. *So she
> has been super sleepy all week.
>
> I went to bed around 3:00 a.m. and was wide awake. *I mean WIDE awake! *Now
> caffeine doesn't usually have this effect on me. *But it sure did then.
>
> Angela's alarm went off at 5:50. *It's supposed to go off at 6:00. *I don't
> know how the time keeps going wrong. *I just reset it the other day after
> days of it going off at 5:30. *She is hard enough to get out of bed. *No
> need for the alarm to be going off early!
>
> I set three alarms all to start going off at 6:00. *I remember several times
> telling her to get up. *She said she would.
>
> The next thing I know I am startled awake with the feeling that it is later
> than it should be. *Sure enough, it is almost 8:00. *I don't remember the
> exact time I awoke but when I looked on the computer, the school was due to
> start in 10 minutes. *It takes a good 10 minutes at least to drive there.
> And luck was not with us this morning. *School buses broken down and stopped
> all over the place. *Crazy drivers. *One person backed out of their driveway
> and sat there, blocking my way. *Eventually another car backed from the same
> driveway and went on their merry way. *The first car just pulled back in.
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