Abstinence

Ash Wednesday, the first day of the Lenten season and the day when "good" Catholics get some dirt put on their head and abstain from eating meat... unless you forget. Often you may make it through breakfast without eating meat, not too hard of a task. By lunchtime it seems to get much more difficult. You may find yourself eating a steak taco for lunch and ruin everything. I did manage to abstain through this Ash Wednesday, not for reasons of fate but more for reasons of health. For dinner the last two nights before Ash Wednesday, I ate a giant hamburger and a giant steak. I really just needed a break from all the red meat. Plus all that 'good for you soul' stuff is a bonus I guess.