I woke up this morning with my mouth so dry I could hardly close it. Mind you, I've woken up with a dry mouth many times in my life, but this seemed curious. I have cut my caffeine intake in about 1/3 in the past two days, did not work out or otherwise sweat, drank a ton of water and had all of one glass of wine to drink yesterday. There is no reason for me to be dehydrated, outside of changing my diet. I have to assume this is one of the reasons why dieters are encouraged to drink a lot of water. So there, mystery solved.
For reason I won't delve into, I did opt for the Fiber One bar this morning in lieu of the fruit I've eaten the last two days. My NP-SMW was 242.0, which makes sense given how dehydrated I was.
I should breeze through lunch and then the hard part, the weekend, will be staring me in the face.
While were are here, a quick thought about something unrelated:
Many of you may know that Magic Johnson was at the Kentucky basketball game last night, and was featured during the K-E-N-T-U-C-K-Y cheer. In 1991, when he announced he was HIV+, the notion that he would still be alive today seemed preposterous. I remember saying then that the announcement would be the Kennedy assassination of my generation, i.e. everyone about my age would remember where they were when they heard about it. At the time, AIDS was considered a death sentence, Magic was as famous as any living athlete, and the disease all of a sudden had a face who didn't fit any of society's stereotypes. During the announcement, Magic said rather unconvincingly, "I'm going to beat it". I remember being even sadder for him when I thought about how misguided that statement seemed.
Fast forward to 2010. As my public health expert dad explained, assuming one has the best available health care, what used to be a death sentence is now considered a manageable, chronic disease. Not only does Magic not look sick, he clearly hasn't missed a meal since he quit playing. If you'd told me Magic would have been doing the John Wall dance at halfcourt of a UK game last night in 1991, I would have called you crazy. Hug a scientist.
Did you think his announcement was as seminal as I did, or was it just because I was a huge basketball fan living in LA that I felt this way?
2 comments:
I remember complete shock (and exactly where I was when I heard it). Don't understimate the underlying shock value of the notion that Magic might have been gay. That was a huge part of it.
I was pretty underwhelmed my Magic's announcement. But really, what I want to know is, what did you have for lunch???
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