One Day Down

Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday follows Mardi Gras. I had big plans for a very penitential Lent, so TLOML and I had a feast, and much wine , to celebrate Mardi Gras. That would've been fine.. but being a substitute teacher I got a call to go in to work on Wednesday. Wednesday was pretty hard. I had a headache, and I was HUNGRY!!! When I got home from work we went to mass. That was very nice, and we got ashes, being reminded that we are dust, and will return to dust, and to turn away from sin. After mass, it sure was cold, and seemed a little sleety. I WAS STARVING, ( this does happen when one has been fasting). So we decided to go to seafood restaurant . When we got there it was after seven o'clock on a Wednesday,and the joint was jumping. There was a thirty minute wait. I was a little embarassed to have ashes on my forehead , but then I saw that half the people in there had ashes on their foreheads ! We sat in the bar, and drank water with our dinner. I think that had to count for a lot of brownie points. So let's see...one day down, and 39 more to go...