The Dark Side

I think it is official...I've gone over to the dark side,completely!

First let me explain. A few years ago my husband switched from dr.p to diet coke. This made buying sodas in the house stop. I had two teenagers, one who wanted root beer, one who wanted Dr. Pepper and now my husband wants diet coke and I drink reg coke. I told anyone who wanted soda it would come from their pocket, I wasn't buying 4 different kinds. Well after about 6 months my taste for coke switched and I started enjoying coke zero or diet come better than reg coke. I fought it as long as I could, but I haven't had reg coke in a couple years now. That was the first step to the dark side...diet coke is for my mom.

My husband said at the time, " now to get you to drink coffee." absolutely not happening, not now, not ever, no way , no how. He had already converted me on one drink. There was no way I would ever like coffee, the smell of it on your breathe was all I needed to avoid ever drinking it. Then this school year hit and it has hit hard. I drag every morning and have no time to waste moving slow and getting started each morning had to pick up the pace. One particular morning was worse than another. I stopped at McD and got a coffee. Let me clarify, I've had a few cups on my years, just never a consistent thing...maybe 1 or 2 in a year if that. So after that morning I had another and then this week I was seeking my husband's coffee pot for a cup while I got dressed. Today I sit here wanting a cup, needing a cup. I refuse, I am not a coffee drinking. Would the fact that I am volunteering in kids church be enough reason for a cup this morning? If I'm going officially to the dark side of coffee drinkers, I'm not going to be who sits around drinking coffee all morning on the weekends. That was for my grandparents!

Are you seeing a pattern? Maybe diet coke and coffee were a way of holding onto my younger years since I associate diet coke and coffee with adults in my life? We shall see how this new coffee deal works for me. Gotta run...almost time for church and after a shower and getting dressed for church, I still want a cup!