No vice is no fun....

Check it out. I’m blogging late on a Saturday night. You know why? My body has decided that it’s time to start behaving and get geared up for finals. Huh, what?

Yeah, I dunno. I can’t explain it. I walked into to my house yesterday after grocery shopping and was amazed at what I loaded into the fridge:

Organic baby carrots
Lettuce
Cucumbers
Brown Eggs from free-range hens
Fat-free Yogurt made on some hippie farm in New Hampshire
Low-cal Cranberry Juice
Locally made Pita bread (whole wheat)
Whole wheat unsalted melba toast - actually I put this in the cupboard

There was no wine, no beer, no assortment of chocolate goodies. No hot dogs, no items full of modified food starch, refined sugar, corn syrup, non-naturally occurring fats and absolutely nothing pre-packaged or out of a box. This happened to me last year around this time. Subconsciously, I determine that it’s time to take care of myself, get the required nutrition, and get a full night’s sleep. I stop taking multiple stimulants during the day and stop quashing those stimulants with several glasses of wine each night. The odd thing is, it’s not that intentional. It just sorta happens.

Here’s my dinner from tonight:

That’s a Bibb lettuce salad with fresh grated parmesan, tomatoes, and a light Italian dressing. I actually felt guilty for eating Bibb as opposed to Romaine because it’s less nutritious. That fruity drink is half diet cranberry juice/caffeine-free diet lemon lime soda with a slice of lemon. The coffee mug is holding green tea – which made me feel guilty as well. There may be antioxidants in green tea, but there’s also caffeine. This was the main course:

That’s falafel – a ground chick pea thing-a-ma-jig to which I added chili powder because something inside me said it was healthy. No doubt I was trying to counteract the guilt created from using a tablespoon of olive oil to fry the falafel. Wow - falafel tastes good, but really doesn't translate to photos, does it?

Oh, and back to the first picture, see the spoon in the upper left corner? Yeah, it’s parking my gum – which I am chewing non-stop…since I haven’t had a cigarette in THIRTY HOURS!!!

I hate it when my body betrays me like this. In the past two days I already feel like my hair is shinier and my skin is brighter and clearer. I will probably go to bed early tonight and sleep like a baby. No doubt tomorrow I'll wake up feeling great.

After a few days, I will not want to go out and drink anymore. This will prevent me from doing stupid things which will leave me with nothing to write about. My life will become boring so I will just study and make good grades. Then I will have to become a lawyer.

Life is so unfair…