You Gonna Eat That?

"I invite you to lunch and you only order coffee?"

I got a quizzical look at lunch today, but I noted I started a fast and didn't want to blow off our get-together again.  He ordered a turkey club and a diet Coke.

"What, did you already eat?"
"No, he's fasting?"
"Why?"

Our other companion ordered an open-faced meatloaf sandwich.  It all looked yummy.  I sipped my coffee, explained what I was doing and why, talked a bit about my brushes with the Capitol Police, then we moved on to other things about the College, how the business was going, what else was happening in our lives.  I nice visit.

I'm still hungry, but it isn't all that bad after 24 hours.  I fasted for 3 days back when I turned 30, and as I recall it wasn't so uncomfortable until late into the second day.  Yes, I'm drinking plenty of water, particularly since I'm also allowing myself coffee, which is a diuretic.

Speaking of hunger, NTodd's Pa's Wife told me that one of my early words was 'hungee.'  It did not just mean that I desired food, but was apparently related to the entire digestive process, including post-production so the response to 'hungee' was first to check my diaper and if there was no deposit, give me sustenance.

I'm not much more complicated even now.

ntodd