Nivita called last night. Catherine’s phone is loud. I couldn’t help but nose my way into the conversation. One thing lead to another, and next thing you know, I’m saying I’m gonna fast too.
She’s fasting 72 hours spread out over 4 days. And it’s in 36 hour blocks. But not the way I was imagining it, with me saying – I’ll fast for 94 out of 96 hours – I’ll just have eight 15 minute eating binges over the 4 days. Nope.? 36 continuous hours at a time.
I wanted to support her. And lose weight. So I’m jumping on the Jain bandwagon. [Full disclosure – I thought it was a Jane magazine thing at first. I’m way more into Jane magazine than your average religion but I had travelled too far down the road of “I’ll fast too” to back out over a homonym.]
But football’s kicking off today. And Shawn still needs to pay off his last baseball lunch today. And I’m not really jain yet. So Nivita’s bending the rules for me a bit. I can eat and drink and be merry through midnight today. Then just water till Saturday sunrise.
No gum. No raisins. Not sure why I asked about raisins, but I thought I would. I’ve been thinking about raisins a lot lately for some reason. Just water. Got my liter bottle of aquafina to refill – I’m set.
Good thing Starved is on tonight.