Lent...

Lent really snuck up on me this year...it couldn't be because I think about going to church every Sunday but never actually make it there? I could blame grad school like every other deficit in my life but I am probably to blame well at least myself and grad school..60/40???
My fiance and I had some debates about what to give up this year...he suggested I should give up chocolate which obviously was interpreted as his way of telling me I may not fit into my wedding dress when the time comes...I told him I'd die without chocolate...he argued that Jesus gave up chocolate when he died on the cross...I argued that Jesus wasn't in grad school at the time...I think I won.
So final verdict I gave up Facebook on school nights and ice cream on all nights...I like Lent...I like the challenge, I like pretending to be a martyr...but seriously I love Lent because I think it is a good thing to be reminded of the true meaning of sacrifice...it's good to experience a little discomfort...afterall I'm not dying on the cross for sins...I'm just cutting some calories and getting behind on status updates, it's the LEAST I can do.
So anyway now we embark on this lenten journey...here's to Jesus and sacrifice...and atonement for sins.