I like being single. Sitting in San Chez having breakfast, enjoying a good pot of french pressed coffee, and just being with God made me realize that I enjoy my single life. I observed another woman in a booth in front of me having breakfast too. Now, whether she is single or married I don't know. She could have been enjoying some 'me time' before work and heading home to her husband later, who knows. But I watched her and thought, “I like us single gals.” We are many, that's definitely a fact. Even as I write yet another woman walks in to enjoy breakfast alone. She seems as content as I am right now. I could be wrong and totally romanticizing my perception of single women. But for right now, in this moment, I like “us”.
I'm off to the grocery store tomorrow to purchase foods in preparation for the Daniel Fast. The interesting part is that the foods that can be eaten are not that much different than my normal diet. My sacrifice, and the hardest part for me, will be the "no sweets/sweeteners" and "no caffeine". I feel like a cup of coffee follows me wherever I go like that cloud of dirt that follows Pig-Pen from Charlie Brown. I didn't realize until yesterday that no sweeteners of any kind are a part of this type of fast, that includes honey and agave nectar. Now you're hitting me where it hurts. I have been counting on those very items as I have been trying to wean myself from sugar lately. I guess this fast is right on time....grrrrrrr...
Seriously though I am excited about making some real changes and allowing myself to settle for "just okay" anymore. Though I will miss lattes and thoughts of Kit Kat and Twix will dance in my head all is not lost. Well, perhaps a few pounds and some trips to the dentist.
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