This is the kind of stupidity that only I am capable of. This morning, I had to be in my a class at 8:30 am. The reason why I signed up for a class with this title during our current economic environment is another example of my stupidity but it pales in comparison with what I’m going to describe next.

Anyway, I am not a morning person to begin with and I was having trouble sleeping last night. I ended up getting about 5 hours of sleep, which these days isn’t much (meaning that I’m getting old). As usual, I was running late this morning so I just rushed out of my house. I get to the class barely on time, sit down, introduce myself, etc. Then I realize I didn’t take my medicine. And I have to take this medicine early in the morning or it keeps me awake at night.

Suddenly I remember that I have my film canister with my miscellaneous drugs in my laptop bag. I reach down and start hunting for it in my messy bag. It took me a couple of minutes to find it and when I look up, I notice the cute instructor is looking at me and wondering what I’m doing. I try to discretely take the right pill from the film canister but it’s in the bottom and my hand is too big to fit in the canister. I pour all my pills on my hand, notice that there are two of them (they are white so they were easy to spot among the other colorful drugs), throw one in my mouth and swallow. As it’s going down my throat, I realize it feels too small. Oh no! I remember that the last time I used the film canister was when I went to Brazil and threw in a couple of sleeping pills for the plane trip. I have just taken a Nytol! Shit, shit, shit!

Needless to say, I was barely able to stay awake and my eyelids felt as heavy as lead all morning long.

Stumble it!