On BEDA and Going Without

Today is the first day of August, and for some this means BEDA (Blog Every Day in April August) that was started last year by Maureen Johnson, writer of young adult books and twitter aficionado. She is also an avid blogger. Well, usually she is. Right now she's working on some top secret project, so she isn't taking part in the internet fad that she herself started. However, I only watched other bloggers attempt to blog every single day in the month of April (changed to August this year), but this year I wanted to try it myself. If anyone else would like to attempt, I encourage you to join me. It's more fun when one has friends to work towards a goal with.

The problem with today being the first day of BEDA I am so ridiculously tired right now I have literally no idea what to blog about. My brain is saturated with things I need to do for my church's Vacation Bible School this week. Vacation Bible School, for those who don't know, is a camp-like thing that takes place at churches where little kids come and learn stories and sing songs about God. I've helped out with VBS for about 7 or 8 years now. I'm a crew leader that helps oversee a small group of elementary schoolers to make sure they don't maim themselves with scissors or run out into the street. I'm also head crew leader that oversees all of the high school crew leader volunteers and makes sure that they don't maim themselves with scissors or run out into the street. Or, you know, something like that. I also help my brother with the graphics for the visuals we put up during the worship time, and with my mom who runs crafts. Needless to say, I'm going to be pretty busy for the next week and I'm already tired.

To make matters worse (or better I guess?) I'm attempted to go the entire month of August without drinking any soda, and soda is my main source of caffeine. Yes, I realize there are other ways to increase one's caffeine intake, but I never seem to have caffeinated tea and coffee isn't much healthier than soda. I love coffee, but I treat it the same way I treat ice cream. Freaking amazing, but intake should be monitored so I don't go into some sort of coma.

So August for me is a month of goals. A month where I will attempt to be a little healthier and to blog a little more. And to make sure I don't maim myself with scissors or run out into the street.