Lent

Before I start the actual post for today, I wanted to quick recap of Lent. Beginning the weekend after Ash Wednesday, I came down with strep. Fever got up to 105 and I ended up in the ER. This was the sickest I've ever been, and I think I was on the brink of dilusion at times. I could barely move for about 3 days--- taking 3 showers a day and alternating the fever meds to keep it from smoking. I was dizzy for a full 10 days that slowly went away after that. The soda thing went out the window when I was sporting a headache with the fever- I couldn't do caffeine withdrawal on top of being nearly dead.

Once I broke the stride, I didn't try very hard to start it up again. Well, I didn't have ice cream, my absolute favorite, except on a couple Sundays, so that was a success. I'd say the near death experience was a good start in offering some suffering for penance this year.