after five days of basically not eating anything that wasn’t honey (in a glass of herbal tea), chicken broth, or half a protein shake that i forced myself to drink on monday, i am suddenly STARVING. so, perhaps the end of the plague diet (“lose 5 pounds in 5 days, all you have to do is let me cough on you!”) portends the end of the plague?! we can only hope.

oh, i did totally cheat on the plague diet (“lots of clear liquids! no caffeine!”) today though. i couldn’t cope with yet another flavorless cup of boring herbal tea. i’m sorry, but i just could not choke another one down. i had actually started drinking cups of hot water with honey in it because it tasted better than the herbal stuff. i normally swear by hot mint tea with honey when i’m sick, but …five days, people! — there is seriously only so much damn mint tea a girl can take. so i made myself a pot of PROPER tea, lovely black tea. tea with caffeine. tea the way god meant tea to be. and it was DELICIOUS. and see? i had a pot of nice tea and now i’m feeling better. coincidence? i think not!

(of course it remains to be seen as to whether this tea-found confidence will buoy me up through the morning, but i have faith. AND I HAVE MORE TEA.)