Blogging again, at long last.
So much time has passed since my last entry that any followers (if there ever were any) will have long since given up. But the blog was started by me for me and so I guess that's besides the point.
I have been trying a number of new things in the months since the last entry but as they're not recent they won't be recounted. Start afresh. The topic of this particular (brief) entry is the change to my drinking habits (temporarily).
My dentist suggested that I was drinking too much of something sugary. Strange, since I don't go for soda or fruit juice much. Most of my drinking over the past year has been water, coffee, or tea. Since I couldn't identify the tooth-destroying culprit I took drastic action - challenging
myself to drink only water (milk allowed for cereal) until Independence Day (when I'm on holiday in the USA).Hardly a bother, thinks I, I drink water all the time.
What a chump.
First, going cold turkey on caffeine from 5 cups a day sucks. Tiredness, headaches, and just the general craving for a hot, bitter cup of joe did not make the first week easy for me.
Second, most of our social interaction is based on beverages. Be it a glass of champagne to celebrate an occasion, a friendly cup of coffee, or just a ice cold bottle of lager to wash down the toil of the day, pretty much every social situation demands that you partake in a beverage of some sort. Even the designated driver doesn't drink water. Choosing water over wine just makes you feel like a bit of an outcast.
Third, how do you explain a choice like that? People try to understand, leap to the conclusion that it must be medical. No. Religious? Nope. To save money then? It seems hard for people to understand why someone would choose such a spartan liquid intake. And yet I feel an urge to justify my choice as I did to open the article. Why should I have to? I'm just choosing to drink water for a couple of months!
Then, of course, there are those who revel in it: 'Champagne? Oh dear! Must've slipped my mind - just water for you. I'd better just drink the glass I poured for you myself....', 'Still not drinking coffee? Ha ha!' or even just 'This beer is soooooooo goooood. In fact this is the beessst beer I've eeever had...'. Sounds like what I'd say to someone choosing water to be honest. Shame on me.
Anyway, water ain't so bad. I've broken my caffeine reliance, saved countless pounds by giving up my weekly drinks, and am saving an equal amount of empty calories. So let's all raise a glass and enjoy the humble liquid that is so important to us all.
