Today was the first day in the blood:water mission 40 days of water, where they encourage you to…drink only water for 40 days. While you’re doing that, you are supposed to keep a tally of other drinks (soda, coffee, alcohol, etc) that you would have bought, and donate that at the end of the 40 days, and it goes to whatever project they’ve decided to put that money towards that year. You’re supposed to only drink tap water, and not buy bottled water. The point is to make you think about just how easily you can get water when you want it, and how much of a luxury that really is compared to the majority of the world.

So I’m trying it out. I’m not entirely positive that I’ll make it all the way through, but I’m going to make an effort. It’s not going to be easy though. Today, when I hadn’t really told anyone about it yet, I was getting really tired, and realized it was because I’d had zero caffeine so far. So I thought “Well I could just call the whole thing off and drink tea, and coffee, and soda, and no one will ever know, because I haven’t really told anyone yet.” What a pathetic attitude.

What I’ve learned from this first day is that I have a caffeine addiction (the headache is setting in as I type), and although I’m really really weak and almost gave in. I am stronger than I would have thought, because I didn’t. I told Satan to stop whispering in my ear, and kept on drinking water. Take that Devil.

So…I am looking forward to this journey, and hope that I am able to complete it. I’ll keep you posted.

-Stippick