Bye, Bye, Barley...

I've been doing some thinking about what to do this year for the Lenten Season (is that the right way to say it). In years past I would give up things like candy, donuts, and chocolate. That really doesn't apply today because I don't really eat those things anymore. I may have a piece of chocolate, but I can't even remember the last time I ate a donut.

In more recent years I haven't really given up anything...but tried harder to really not eat meat on Ash Wednesday and Fridays. I am not a fish person at all and when you go out to dinner to a burger place..what to do? I've been so good the last couple years. Today I made myself an egg salad sandwich for lunch. I even made enough to have Friday too.

As I was thinking or you could say dreaming last night what would be hard and a sacrifice for me to give up this year. Something that is going to really show how much self control I do have. I decided that I am giving up my weekly "Thirsty Thursday." I usually will have a couple of barley pops during my Thursday night shows. I look forward to it every week. It will be hard to give this up for 6 weeks, but I am going to do it. I was thinking maybe I will even lose a pound or two. I will also have cocktails only 1 day out of the weekend and not both.

I sound like I have a problem with alcohol, I really don't, I just really enjoy the flavor of it all.