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!
