Lent begins

Tuesday was the day from hell. Seemed to never end. I finally sat down to eat dinner at 9 p.m. I made it fast food from Dairy Queen at washed it down with Dr Pepper. I figured I would make my Fat Tuesday count. Especially since I'm giving up soda and fast food for Lent. I typically give up Dr Pepper for Lent and got the idea for the fast food from Uzz who did it for the month of February. It is going to be hard, but it will be good. If I can add some exercise in there as a thing to "do" for Lent, then it will be really beneficial for me.

Today is a meatless day for Lent and that is going to be hard for me, but I have some really good bread from the bakery that I can toast with some tomato soup or something, I suppose.

It was a beautiful beginning to the morning as the sun was shining in just a bit through the top of my curtains and right on my crucifix in the bedroom. It was incredible and something I had never seen before. I took that as a good sign. Of course, I could use some divine intervention today after the day from hell. It is actually too tiring to go into the whole day, but suffice it to say that Hot Rod tested positive for the flu. The pediatrician put all three kids on Tamiflu to help Hot Rod get better sooner and keep the others from getting it. So, $120 later, I hope the kids are ok. Of course, Pickle threw up this morning from taking his on an empty stomach. Bless his heart. I bet he'll eat breakfast tomorrow!

I hope I can go to Ash Wednesday mass tonight. I think Hot Rod isn't contagious anymore since he isn't feverish, but we may still sit in the far back corner away from everyone tonight.

Back to work. Are you giving up a bad habit for the next 40 days? Even if you're not Catholic, it is a good tradition to renew your faith.