Tess Day 2 - Wednesday

Shorter shower (like a shower one would take in Mexico or a Central American country)
No heat in room at Dad's house
No chocolate/candy wrappers
No school silverware/milk

This morning when I got in the car I poked myself in the hip with a metal fork. This was a METAPHOR for the PAIN OF SACRIFICE, ie not using the school's plastic utensils. Also, I had decided to keep a metal fork in my jeans pocket, like an idiot. Not such a good idea. The no school lunch is going ok - yesterday I had two-day car chili (gross) which would have been improved by a bottle of school milk, but I resisted. Today I denied myself a slice of birthday cake for lunch because chocolate cake needs milk, and milk is a little too perishable to stay in the back of my car for more than half an hour or so.

The only real issue with candy was when I was at the bank yesterday. There were those yummy butterscotch things in a bowl. I was tempted, but stopped when I saw the little golden wrappers encasing that beautiful butterscotch.

Lights/shower (heat once again, not really an issue) are going alright. There's something peaceful about sitting in the dark (albeit its ability to make you really really sleepy), and something even more peaceful about taking a short shower in the dark. You can close your eyes and reach for soap, shampoo, doing everything by feel and protecting your eyes from the stream of water, like you're in a warm, wet cocoon.

In a way, this time of the year is the easiest time to successfully complete a low-impact challenge. Everyone is so busy, out and about playing disc, going to work, going to school events and such that the only thing you want to do when you go home is go to bed - and besides death, sleep is the state of the least impact.