March 11 to 14 - Days 10 to 13

Deadlines, delays...if I was an editor I think I would consider getting a new reporter.  Problem is in this case I am both editor and reporter/story teller/documenter of my days.  So it has been a few days, but today was very exciting for me.  It was the first day I could start fasting after being sick for so long.  I was excited until this morning, I got a bit worried, how was I going to hold up?  That, my friends was very interesting to consider, I have been sick and off my antibiotics finally and I jumped right in to fasting and that made me nervous.

But it's totally possible that I was scaring myself in to maybe not having to fast.  Ha! Ain't happening. I was vocal with everyone today and let them know what was going on and my excitement and nervousness with fasting.  It always seems to open up some interesting discussions about religion when I let people know what is going on.  It's funny because the first thing people seem to tell me is that I am crazy, but when we get in to it and really talk about how hard the fast can be and yet how rewarding, people generally open up to the idea.  At least they open up in a supportive way for me.  Here I was a few years ago afraid to tell people what was happening, and here I am vocal and open about my fast and people look to help me complete the fast.

It's interesting and kind of heart warming to realize people have that care for one another.  For me it shows one of the many sides of human compassion.

So that's that.  The fast went pretty well today, and making myself not have some water or coffee or other treats was one of the challenges I faced.  Part of it was habit and the other part was the physical desire to eat and drink.  I kept it together, but when the sun set, having some juice and biting in to a sweet baby spinach salad seriously was a great moment.  I'm drooling just thinking about it.  I might have to buy some mouthwash though.

Here's my pictures for the last four days:

Messing around with my Hipstamatic app on my iPhone came up with this great shot of my youngest.

My youngest took this one and I personally thought it was such a cool look that it trumped my images for the day.

You are probably seeing a pattern here. I take a lot of pictures of my kids, they are my personal project and I have documented their lives from day one and will continue.  My kids rock!

My wife took this one and basically it rocks and also trumps my images of the day.  It's awesome.

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