As I predicted, life got crazy--and blog posts fell behind. This doesn't mean that Re-Challenge hasn't been on my mind. Quite the opposite. It has been on my mind probably more than ever.
Yesterday marked the end of August--and the no drinks besides water fast. So today I celebrated with hot chocolate and tea. ;)
The three hardest challenges of the month came at the very end. The first one was Wednesday of this week when the dad of the family I nanny for brought me home a smoothie. So there it was, sitting on the table, with all the members of the family waiting for me to drink it. Thankfully it was towards the end of my shift, so the parents understood when I said I thought I'd take it on the road with me. The seven-year-old however did not. She actually unwrapped the straw and put it in the drink for me. I was touched. She asked me when I would drink it. I wasn't sure she would understand the concept, so I just told her I didn't know (which I don't know when because it's still in my freezer ;) ). I fed the twin 17-month-olds their smoothie...and longed for mine...
Then I was on the plane flying to see my family for Labor Day weekend. And the drink cart came by. I had to ask for water...both times they came...
After landing my family went to Red Robin (family tradition really!). I could have had a milkshake...and my parents would have paid for it...but instead I ordered water.
This is not to mention the Keurig machine that's been staring at me since August 9...
Yet I'm thankful for this month. It has really gotten me thinking about the things I value in my life, and it taught me to treasure the tastes of different things like tea and juice and soda. It's not a right. It's a privilege. Many around the world do not even have clean water. Yet it's hard for me to only drink water? Water that is clean. I needed this month to gain perspective.
I was going to combine this post with my September announcement, but I think I shall separate them for the sake of keeping the reader on one subject. ;)
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