Lent

Yesterday was Mardi Gras - woohoo! (It's the first time I haven't been to a Mardi Gras parade in seven years, but that's another blog.) For those heathens out there that read my blog on occasion, let me give you a little insight. Mardi Gras, a.k.a. Shrove Tuesday, is an important day in the Christian church. To make a long story short, it's the day that all Christians are supposed to get the fat out of their houses, hence Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday). The reason we get all the fat out of our homes and party it up like fools during Carnival and parades is because the day after Mardi Gras is Ash Wednesday. Without getting too churchy, just know that Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent (the 40 days and nights before Easter EXCLUDING Sundays). Yada, yada yada. Ok so, during Lent it is common practice to give something up that is a part of your regular life or to take something on that's not usually part of your regular life. While there is some dispute, I am of the group who say that you can give up your Lenten discipline on Sundays - it saves me.

In past years, I've given up meat. One year it was diet coke, which was extremely difficult as I am addicted to diet coke - thank God for Sundays. When I was younger, my parents attempted to make me and my sister give up television - that did not work, because they didn't want to give it up either. Anyways, now we're onto 2007. So for Lent this year, this kid is giving up alcohol. That's right, alcohol. No liquor, beer, malt beverages, or what-have-you, until Easter (except for Sundays and since I'm living with Blue laws again that'll be difficult to find).

So support this kid, i.e. me, on her endeavor. I'll need it.