Lent

When I chose to give up coffee for Lent, I didn't expect it would be easy. Coffee is more than an early-morning wake-up beverage for me. I normally do drink coffee in the morning, two cups. But coffee is also my soothing ritual beverage. A cup of coffee and a place to sit quietly are all I need to calm myself when things are getting stressful. I am missing my coffee, but more I am missing the soothing effect it has on me. Today we went to The Mall, and I was confronted with another situation where I normally drink coffee. Every visit to The Mall I get an iced cafe latte -no-sugar- from one of the coffee stands. Today I got an iced tea. It's not the same at all. Tea does not do whatever it is that coffee does for me that calms me.

No caffeine withdrawal headache so far, though.