When Lent came around this year, I decided to give up TV News and then added soda to the list.
Lent is over, but I have found I lost my taste for soda - it tastes like fizzy chemicals to me now. The small 20oz bottle I bought on Easter has been sitting half empty in the fridge for most of the week. Every now and again I will take a sip to see if it really is that awful (it is), the put it back. I haven't gotten around to actually throwing it away...yet.
I've grown to love SoBe Lean cranberry grapefruit, and the occasional cranapple or other beverage, in addition to water. I don't really miss soda at all.
I turned the news on briefly the other day and quickly changed channels. I'm not particularly interested in the minute, sensational details of the kidnap and murder of a little girl. The situation is sad enough without all the hoopla. The stuff I am interested doesn't show up on local stations, for the most part, and cable is loathe to actually give you real international news. If something really important comes up, Steve tells me about it.
My life is also a lot less stressed and not so depressing, since I am unaware of a lot that is going on locally. Do I miss the news? Not really - I can always read it on my computer. I am still looking for a good general world-focused news program that I can record on TV.
Wonder if I can keep my room clean for the next 40 Days...
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