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On the latest episode of the Sunday Story from NPR's up first podcast, you're.
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Do you remember when your relationship with caffeine began?
Reporter Andy Tegel knows exactly when hers started.
So I worked at graveyard shift my sophomore year in college, and it was my duty from 09:00 at night to 06:00 in the morning to sit at a desk at the front of the dorms and check the ids of everyone who entered the building.
So I was essentially a hall monitor.
Not a whole lot to it.
Great gig to get your homework done.
The hardest part of the job, Lily, was just staying awake.
Lucky for me, my cute little hall monitor desk sat right next to a vending machine stocked high with energy drinks.
And thats how my relationship with monster zero ultra, thats the white and silver can for fellow enthusiasts, began.
From that summer on, before every test, every deadline, every big interview, Andy says she felt like she needed energy drinks to perform.
It was so much a part of her routine, it kind of became a personality trait.
Even if Andys drink of choice, monster zero ultra isnt your go to.