drug of choice

I think I need to be on caffeine IV drip. The benefits of caffeine:

1. Gives energy to carry cello

2. Gives energy to lift hands to play cello.

3. Notes do not swim before your eyes on a dark stage.

4. Even if notes do swim before your eyes, your mind is still awake enough to remember what you played the last 400 rehearsals. (Actually it's just 7 but it feels like forever.)

5. Helps you match energy level of the Energizer Bunny conductor and

6. still have strength to take bus home, and wake up for class in the morning.

Maybe what I need is ADHD medicine, to accomplish the above and more. One more reason to get a kid - so I can make him fake ADHD and then steal his prescription.

Even if caffeine only manages to accomplish some of these things, the placebo effect is enough to compensate for the rest of the list. And if by some fortuitious reason the heart gives out, like after running 21 km, all the better.