I had totally forgotten that yesterday was Mardi Gras and completely forgot that today is Ash Wednesday. When friends had called me over the weekend to make plans for Mardi Gras, I assumed that they were referring to a Tuesday in the distant future - not last night. Then I embarrassingly learned that I was confusing Mardi Gras with St. Patrick's Day. Meh, I'm sure I am not the first person to do this - green beer, green beads it's kind the same isn't it?

Embarrassing moment of the day - I had gone to get some food because I didn't feel like making anything that I had in my house. When I gave my order, the cashier looked at me, and exclaimed  "celebrating Fat Tuesday huh?". Umm exccccuuuuussseee me; First, is it really Fat Tuesday and secondly what are you trying to say, that because I am ordering copious amounts of food that I must be observing the holiday of over-indulgence known as Fat Tuesday? For your information I order food like this ever day of my life so thank you very much.

Anyway, a few friends and I decided to celebrate this annual festivity by heading out to The Patio Bar to engage in some well deserved over-indulgence. I drank way too much, sang way too much, danced too raunchily, and ultimately ended the night on a Fat Girl Note by ripping the McDonalds' drive through at 1:30 in the morning - what we were hungry from our excessive over-indulging.

Mardi Gras is supposedly a celebration to experience all of the vices and sins that we must give up during Lent - a chance to give something up in our and learn the lesson of sacrifice or some crap like that. Most of the time as a child I tried to work the "giving up church" angle with my parents with no success. Shortly after reaching my teen years, I stopped observing this traditional religious holiday. I remember stressing to find something good and worthwhile to give up - most of the time I said something like cake or candy (both things I didn't like very much) Looking back now I really didn't understand the concept of Lent. However, I am going to take a page from many fanaticalm conversative, born-again friends and pcik and choose the elements of the Bible that I wish to follow. That being said I will tak part in the day long celebration of my obvious hedonistic tendencies and just ignore that whole Ash Wednesday/Lent/Palm Sunday/Good Friday/Easter part of the story. :)