sitting in the dark, twiddling my thumbs

So here I am, sitting in the library.
I was making awesome progress on a particularly tough paper I've been writing when the library plunged into blackness. Since I can't actually read the book I'm trying to quote from, I figured this would be an excellent opportunity to blog.
Two things:
1) I am terrified of the dark. I hate it. I sleep with a light on most nights. I will not walk outside in the dark. My mind instantly just goes into overload and starts thinking of all of these terrible things coming out of of the darkness and murdering me. I even get panicked going from my front door to my car when it's dark outside.
2) While I am terrified of the dark and this is a somewhat sucky situation, I am REALLY glad that I have a laptop that I was working on instead of a school computer. I would have been furious if everything I've been working on got lost.

In other news, I've decided to participate in lent this year. Not because I have any sort of religious affiliation that makes me participate in it, but because I think it's kind of a good idea. It's always a good idea to do a self check and make sure you're still in control of things and life is going how you want.
Thus, I'm giving up alcohol, caffeine/soda, and fast food.
Alcohol will be a piece of cake. I've already gone through that time of my life when drinking was way fun and was all I ever wanted to do. Over it. I probably only drink once a month nowadays, if that. So this one won't be too hard.
Fast food won't be hard either, it's really just a matter of planning my days better. Since I work at McDonald's, I'll just have to get up slightly earlier to pack a lunch.
The real challenge here will be caffeine. I've been a regular coffee drinker for a while and a diet coke addict for a lot longer. Like...the amount of diet coke I go through in a day is embarrassing and ridiculous. So just to prove to myself that I can, I'm going without.
We'll see how it goes. I'll keep you updated :)