Last night at Bible Study, Suz talked me into giving up sweets with her for Lent.  I tried to talk her out of it, stating that her bachelorette party at the ranch was coming up and Sash would for sure have an army’s supply of baked goods.  We talked for a while about something else she could give up.  Alcohol?  No way, Jose.  Coffee?  That’s no fun.  Basically, we couldn’t think of anything else, so dessert it was.  And since I wasn’t able to come up with anything, I had no choice but to be a team player and say no to sweets for the next 40 days.

However, we did make a couple of amendments.  Jello shots are allowed with the reasoning that Jello is not really a dessert because it’s given to sick people in the hospital.  And also gum is ok… because, well, the dentist recommends it.  It’s going to be a real struggle to avoid the baked goods in a couple of weekends, along with the cake toppings that will be used for cake decorating.  I’m just relieved that I’ll be able to drink.  I just hope drinking doesn’t lower my Lent willpower inhibitions.

This all reminds me of when Jamila went on the Daniel Fast and couldn’t eat anything but vegetables, fruits and whole grains for 40 days.  Was that a struggle.  Of course, she somehow validated that Fritos and tortilla chips were whole grains because they were made from corn.  Ok.  She also drank smoothies because they were all fruit, right?  At least she made it through the end of the fast unlike her friend, Emeka (whom I called Tribecca) who gave into his cravings in the drive-thru line at KFC on day 31. 

On a side note, the reason for the subject line is that I woke up this morning with Hall & Oats in my head. 

Yeah, I– I’ll do anything
that you want me to do, yeah
And I’ll do almost anything,
that you want me too, yeah,

But I can’t go for that, (No, no can do)

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