I am a fat tuesday...

Happy Mardi Gras everyone! Well with the celebration of this day, we all know that the Lenten season is upon us. No-meat Fridays are here again. And of course, it's time for the traditional, "What I am going to give up for Lent" post. My friend Aaron asked me one time, why Catholic people do this...and I actually had to think about it for a while. Funny how you do something so often it becomes routine and you don't even think about it. Well, my reasoning was that it is symbolic of what Jesus gave up for us...kind of a solidarity-type thing, to sacrifice something. And I've been thinking about stuff I would sacrifice...has to be something that I like. Beeb mentioned that I should give up Warcraft...but honestly, I don't play it all that much, once, maaaybe twice a week. One of the things I thought of was fast food. With the exception of like a salad or a sandwich from Quiznos or something, I will not eat from fast food joints for a while. Knowing how much I love Taco Sinaloa burritos or Yoshinoya, I will do away with them. That's gonna be tough, but that's what sacrifice is about right? I think I am also gonna fast once a week and collect the money that I would spend on lunch and put it together and donate it to church at the end of Lent. This time, to me at least, is usually also the time I reflect on my life and see what's lacking. And this time it was beeb that helped me get into volunteering more often. I've really been wanting to over the past few years, and due to a combination of apathy and being busy, which are still both not an excuse, never got around to it. So now, I am registered with LA Works and have my first volunteer opportunity on Saturday. I also am going to plan a Habitat day after the marathon is over. I just realized that I can't even do the filet-o-fish Friday thing at McDonald's...dangit, it's getting tough already!!! Oh boy, what AM I gonna do on Fridays...

So onto other things. Here is why you do NOT wear a headband when running outdoors for long periods of time.

This is me with my headband. I use it because it collects the sweat that runs off my dome and keeps it from getting into my ears when I'm listening to my ipod. It helps A LOT....

..BUT, if you're gonna run outdoors for most of the morning and afternoon, one should wear a hat...or a bandana...or you get this:

FREAKIN AY! Soooooo embarassing!

So with that I'll end this post with this tidbit of an e-mail I got from Jos this morning:
A Sunday school teacher asked her children
as they were on the way to church to church service.

"Why is it necessary to be quiet in church?"

One bright little girl replied, "Because people are
sleeping."