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We’re trying to get our act together to get out the door to head for the Field Museum. We’re all dressed. We’ve all had breakfast. The next step is making lunches to take with us. I’m just sitting around right now to see how my digestive system settles down. Mornings are pretty much not great times in that direction, and I really want that out of the way before we start our trek.

I had coffee this morning. I added seven of those little cups of flavored creamer plus some sugar. That made it just barely drinkable. They had turkey Canadian bacon this morning, so there was protein I could safely eat. I also had a small bowl of oatmeal with brown sugar and cranberries.

It’s kind of sad that, after coffee and a coke, I really, really want to sleep.

Scott realized last night that his pillow did, in fact, contain feathers. Nothing in the room is supposed to contain feathers/down, but it was 11 p.m., and he didn’t want to deal with it beyond swapping pillows with me. I think we should tell the front desk because the next person in the room may have a more severe allergy than Scott does.

Scott and Cordelia went swimming last night. They were surprised at how warm the pool is.

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I hope you enjoy the Field Museum. I'm a big fan of The Brain Scoop, so I'd love to check it out someday.

I hope you enjoy the Field Museum and get that pillow switched out. The hotel assured you it was a 100% feather free room so that needs to be brought to their attention. I hope it didn't mess with Scott's sleep too badly.

We haven't dealt with the pillow, and that's on us. We ran out of oomph without dealing with it. I will take it downstairs tomorrow, though.

Stimulants help "regulate" the brain when parts of it are underactive (like in ADD/ADHD people).

James' "dad" has the most horrendous ADHD I have ever seen in a person though. Not even caffeine and Ritalin helped enough.

That's interesting. Caffeine doesn't make me less tired, but it does make my brain a little clearer. I'm not ADD/ADHD, but there's something not quite right.