Well, Lent is upon us. Â I still have my shirt after yesterday so I figure it will be a pretty easy going Lenten season. Â I don’t typically give up stuff for it but my family does. Â You may remember last year that Isaac gave up farting on the cat and Abigail gave up wearing Mom’s sparkly eye shadow. Â This year Abigail is giving up chocolate…typical girl. Â Isaac wanted to give up school but I told him that was not an option. Â After much debate, he finally decided to give up graham crackers…way to go trooper!
Anyhow, I have had an ongoing struggle against caffeine which I won’t attempt to beat this spring. Â I think a big part of it is a correlated addiction to pop. Â So, this year for Lent, I am going to buck my typical lack of Lenten cheer and actually give up pop. Â So, without pop, I still need a caffeine delivery system (I’ll work on that addiction another time). Â The only other alternative to pop is coffee so I have been practicing drinking coffee and actually pretty well like it now. Â It’s strange that I had to convince myself that I like something but I suppose lots of things in life are that way.
So, for special occasions like delays from school, we stop by the local convenience store and grab a couple of cappuccinos (Isaac likes them a lot) so we can be fully caffeinated as we greet the day!  Convenience store cappuccinos aren’t as flashy as “real” cappuccinos but at $1.29, I don’t really care…plus, they are just plain tasty…forget the purism!
At work I don’t (yet) have a cappuccino machine so I stick with the regular style coffee…strong, bitter and black…like my heart. Â Most regular men would be satisfied with a regular-sized coffee cup, but, because of my caffeine disability, I prefer to drink from a barrel. Â My barrel of coffee drains about half of the pot at a time. Â I believe coffee will do…
Not only is WV wild and wonderful, but Isaac and I are as well when we are fully caffeinated!
Leaded vs. Unleaded
I cannot do leaded… it makes me a nervous-fretful-anxious-spaz.
What about the sugar factor? Do you sweeten your coffee, because no soda means you are giving up a lot of sugar, that could look good on your Lenten resume.
Isaac’s poor teacher! Remember – we like this one and want to keep her happy.
Don’t forget to drink plenty of water, too. I’m ALL about the H2O! Good stuff!
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Good on ya giving up pop. It’s a hard road. Coffee is way better, but more effective as a caffein delivery system. You’ll be pinging after too much.
My daily world starts with coffee… giving up soda can be hard I know. I met a gal at the store who drank a couple gallons of pop each day! I’m good with a few cups ‘o joe.
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Giving up soda is probably easy for me. I very rarely drink soda, only when I eat out or every once in a while I will have cravings. But coffee is another story. I HAVE to have coffee(for the caffeine). I did manage to cut my coffee intake down to only 1 cup a day. I used to drink at least 3 in the morning and 2 more in the afternoon.
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I don’t drink coffee but there’s no way I could handle giving up my one Diet Pepsi every morning!
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I could give up the coke-but not the coffee. You have the best sense of humor-you need to do stand up.
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He wanted to give up school. LMAO!!!
Quite humorous.
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That’s funny, I don’t think I’d give up anything. I could never give up coffee or chocolate. I love that your son wanted to give up school – great idea!
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It’s funny…I am the non-purist about Lent and I think I am doing the best at keeping to it! Oh well, it’s a fun thing to try and coffee has to be better than pop for me…we’ll see how it goes!