coffee or gelato?

A friend invited to me to a cool treat in a popular uptown bar to celebrate his 30th birthday. But I could only turn up for dessert since our company president called for a very important meeting last night.

They were finishing dinner when I arrived but I was just right in time for the gang to hop to the nearby ice cream parlor. We indulged in several scoops as we enjoyed watching my friend trying so hard to blow the single sparkling candle on his black forest birthday cup cake prepared by his girlfriend as a surprise.

We moved to Starbucks after and had a really strong coffee around 11 in the evening.  The caffeine was actually enough to keep me awake the whole night. I could finish reading The Catcher  in the Rye tonight, I told myself.

I was home a little after 1am, took a warm bath and I tried to read a few pages of J.D. Salinger’s published book. I  was too tired to proceed that I dozed off a few minutes after.

I never thought caffeine would keep me from reading the witty and humorous book author.

Or maybe, it was because of too much gelato.