Old Blogs Revisited...

There's not much going on today, but I don't want to leave my faithful readers hanging...So, I'm going to give you an old blog to read. This one is from back in February. It was day three without soda because of Lent (or however you spell it). Christina, even though she's not a practicing Catholic, still does Lent. I decided to do it with her, so I gave up eating fast food (well, eating out in general...not like that...) and soda. She gave up eating out as well and everything but water. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the story...This is one of Phoenix's all-time favorite blogs...


Okay, so here's the interesting thing about addictions--You never know what's going to happen when you quit. For instance, when I quit smoking I had major trouble sleeping...Like I couldn't relax enough to go to sleep, which only added to my general crabbiness during that time. And I found this strange because nicotine is an "upper", so without it, I should want to sleep, right? Wrong. It sucked! On the flip side of this, here I am giving up soda and all I want to do is sleep. I thought I had this in the bag!!! You know why? I bet you don't, so I'll tell you...I knew better than to give up caffeine cold turkey. Going without caffeine gives me migraine-like headaches and I'd like to skip that...So, I have iced tea. Mmmm. Tastes good and loaded with caffeine...Here's the thing...I drink my iced tea with sweet n low, not sugar. I'm not going through withdrawals of caffeine or even of the bubbly goodness that is soda because I can do without the bubbles...Nope, I'm dying without the sugar boost!! I just looked online and they were explaining how much sugar is in a can of pop. According to these people, there are about 3.4 tablespoons of sugar per can of Pepsi. Ewww!! I wouldn't sit there and eat that much sugar!! Blech! I can't even keep working through this math because it's grossing me out. It's just too much sugar. Although, here I am, without it, and I just want to sleep...I guess I should just get extra sleep and deal with it. Today is day three...I'm sure it'll get easier in a few more days. It's weird though because I know people are thinking that it's kicking my ass to not drink soda, but it's not. I like iced tea and I like water. And right now I'm drinking a slushy. Mmmmm...Yeah, I know, it has sugar, but whatever. Still not nearly as much as the soda I drank!


Speaking of my slushy, here's how I ended up with that...I went to go pay rent earlier and I was so tired, like seriously dragging ass. I decided that maybe I should go get a frap, but then I was like, "It's so much money..." It's like 46 cents more for a frap here than in Cali. I know it's not much, but it adds up. So, I was driving there and decided, "Hey, a slushy is a drink!! I'll get that instead!" And they're cheaper! So, I go to 7-11, but they only had Mountain Dew, Coca-Cola, and some other weird one. I skipped it and went back to my car. As I'm getting in my car, some old homeless man says, "I hate to bother you, miss, but do you have any spare money or change?" I didn't have any change on me and I only had 2 bucks, but I wasn't going to give it to him, so I said, "Sorry, man, I don't have any cash." He said, "Oh. Have a good one." Then as I'm getting in the car he spies the ring that Christina gave me. He asked, "You married?" It struck me as an odd question to ask, so I asked, "What?" He asked again, "You married? Got a husband?" I said, "Something like that." He said, "Really? I would've thought you were gay." And he shuffled off leaving me with a mouth agape look of shock on my face. What the fuck!? I don't look gay! It's not like I was sporting my plaid flannel shirt with the cut-off sleeves, holey jeans, construction-type boots, and a ball cap on my head. I would never wear a flannel shirt with cut-off sleeves! Fuck. *straight face* All joking aside, you know what I mean...I was in my "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition" shirt, jeans, and my Airwalks. What the hell??? So, I backed over the old fucker...That'll teach him to talk shit to a lesbian. In the end, I went to Sonic and got a Cherry-Apple Slush. Mmm...So good.