Dear Starbucks,

Thank you for caffeinating me.  Were it not for you, sleep deprivation would be such a more serious problem. And thank you for not being discriminatory in the types of sleep deprivation that you assist with.  You work wonders with the ok kind of sleep deprivation, like when I have (perhaps against my better judgment) gone out on a weeknight and thus come into work the next morning very tired and a little hungover.  But you also work your magic with the kind of sleep deprivation that I hate the most -- the kind I'm experiencing today -- the kind that's the result of just not being able to sleep, despite being tired and going to bed at a reasonable hour.  And frankly, I just don't know what I would do without my soy latte in the morning (a venti today).  So I thank you for your caffeiney goodness.

In gratitude,

Me