This morning I was looking for something to put in my water besides Gu20, and I thought "Oh, this might work" and I put 2 packs of Phix in my water.  Phix is a drink powder mix they were handing out at Spawnfest last year, our local frisbee tournament.  I drank a little over half of my 32 oz by 10:30am, which is really good for me, and I was thinking "Wow, this might just be the right thing".  Then, I was typing away a few minutes ago and realized I was a little more "zippy" than usual.  "uh-oh", I thought - this isn't good.   I haven't felt this way since I stopped drinking coffee.   Then I took another trip to the restroom - for the 3rd or 4th time today.

When I got back, I did a quick google search (as Google is always at the tip of my fingers), and low and behold that Phix has an "all natural" mix of drum roll please...green tea and yerba mate!  Upon a secondary search - just for the sake of searching again - I found that "yep", Yerba Mate is among the list of herbs NOT to drink during pregnancy (they say it contains as much caffeine as coffee), and of course green tea has a certain amount of caffeine also.  Crapola.  With my caffeine tolerance at an absolute low due to lack of caffeine the last 3 months, the zip in my system was giving me quite a kick.  So now I've not only got this extra pizazz in my typing ability and sinking feeling in my stomach, but I had to pour the whole thing out and now I'm back to plain old boring water.  

Anyway - note to self - before filling up on something, make sure you know what's in it.  Damn.  No more Phix - you've been sitting there for 6 months and I haven't touched you.  Finally when I do, I'm pregnant.  Sorry to break it to you Mr. Phix, but I'm thowing you out and getting some lime Gatorade mix instead.