Sweet

Today marks the beginning of the Lenten season for us Catholic folk. And this year as I contemplated what I was going to sacrifice, the positive psychologist in me decided it would be more appropriate to take something on in addition to giving something up. So, I decided to sacrifice candy (and if you truly know me, you understand the depth of this sacrifice) and to take up drinking a healthier amount of water. And let me tell you - I am a picky peanut when it comes to water.  I don't like it cold. Or hot. It has to be room temperature. And I am very picky about the taste. I don't like the bloody tasting water that is stained with iron. I don't like Aquafina for whatever reason. And I'm not a huge fan of water out of the tap. I'd like to believe this is the most high maintenance thing about me.  But somehow I have come to love Smart Water and I am going to stick with it. It has been one full day of Lent and so far so good. No sweets for me and I've made about six trips to the restroom so let's just say, I'm doing well with the water intake. :)

Because I can't eat anything sweet, I've been extra-sensative to other sweet things around me. No, not really. It would just be a really good transition into this couple that I keep seeing that I want to tell you about! :) Very regularly, I run into this couple at the indoor track. Well, I don't actually run into them but I see them when I am running. Despite the poor transition, they really are sweet. They walk around and around and if it's a good day, they'll go about thirty minutes. In the various times I've seen them, I've never seen them lose their grip of each other. And as I lap them every three and a half minutes, I notice that they are never saying anything. But as I run past them I get this strange sense that they are communicating without saying anything out loud. It might just be a feeling, but I'd like to believe that they are so connected that without having to say anything, after all these years, they just know what each other is thinking and are able to communicate silently. I don't know their names or what their story is but they brighten my day when I see them and for that I am grateful. They are sweet.