Phat Tuesday

Yesterday was quite the day.  I took advantage of the free religious pass to gorge myself on all the foods I will be missing for the next 40 days.  I enjoyed pizza, cake, pie, cheerios and beer...not all at the same time, either.

Tonight, for the first time in many years, I plan to actually attend an Ash Wednesday mass.  I'll break it down for the non-Catholic readers.  On Ash Wednesday, Catholics go to mass and receive ashes on their foreheads in the shape of the cross.  As young parochial school children it definitely turned into a competition, who could keep their ashes on the longest.  I usually rubbed my own forehead within an hour and took myself out of the running.  I'm none the worse for it.

This morning I had a can of pears for breakfast whilst I wistfully stared at the Honey Nut Cheerios box.  I need to chuck all the gluten or I will definitely find a way to eat it.  If anyone in the greater Fairbanks area is interested in half a box of cheerios, four slices of whole wheat bread, 3/4 a package of spaghetti, a package of Dunkin Donuts coffee or a can of split pea soup give me a call.