To help me get going in the morning, I brought a hot water heater into my room so I could heat up a mug of chai when I first get up, rather than sit here waiting until I have it "together" enough to go downstairs and brew some. (Does one brew powdered tea? I don't think so; one doesn't brew cocoa after all, and they are quite similar in instant form!)

Anyway, so I brought the heater in here, and since then have had great luck until the past few days, during which I've been too out of it to even get *this* much right. First I forgot to refill my large water-container and drank all the water in the middle of the night. So I refilled the container mid-afternoon... Then I forgot to bring a mug and spoon in here for the next morning. Then, having remembered the mug, spoon, and water, I somehow failed to notice that in making my late-evening drink, I used up the rest of the chai!

So yesterday, after finally dropping my laptop off at CompUSA, I went to Borders and picked up a nice big tin of Vanilla Chai. (I requested a sample to make sure I am not allergic, because their Spiced Chai turned out to make me feel quite sick!) Came back home, looking forward to a nice hot cup of Vanilla Chai this morning...

...but I forgot the mug, spoon, and the water! Arrgh, I can't win! *snicker* Tonight, I'm going to make sure I have ALL of them, blast it! No more chai-deprived mornings!