Well, I think I definitely earned the Caffeine Abuse Badge, because I have "consumed dangerous amounts of cofee, tea, or caffeinated soda in my quest for 50K." Not only do I drink a gallon of iced tea a day (which, truthfully, I do whether I am noveling or not) and three or four cups of hot tea a day (which, truthfully, is more because my furnace isn't working properly and it's cold!), I always get two chai lattes in whatever size is the largest (depending on which coffee house that's a venti, triple, 24 oz., or 20 oz. The coffee houses that have you order them by the oz. lack creativity.) while I am at the write-in and/or KO party. This morning, I drank my chai latte on an empty stomach (because my bagel had caught fire in the "haunted" toaster--long story, but needless to say, a haunted bagel toasting machine will be in my novel) and had the caffeine shakes even as I went to the counter to order the second one. So, seeing as how I have consumed more chai tea lattes in the last week and a half than I have in the rest of my life combined, I hereby proclaim myself a caffeine abuser.
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