Sunny Days....

ok this song is in my head but I think it is from a PBS show and I can't remember any of the other words :)) but it is a beautiful perfect low 70s dry sunny day here in Cambridge, Mass. This is my absolute favoritest weather and ALAS too soon to be gone and not to be seen again for MONTHS AND MONTHS (yes I am complaining in advance about winter.)

Ramadan has started and the dichotomous focus on fasting and food has also begun (what am I going to eat for suhoor? iftar? after iftar snack? before sleep snack? :)) It is interesting HOW quickly the body gets used to hunger. I mean on a regular day if I get really hungry it feels like the world is going to end (yes dear ones you know about frieda-hunger-crankiness) but in Ramadan for some reason the knowledge that you can't eat somehow makes the hunger (necessarily) more tolerable.

It is also interesting my ambivalent feelings about letting coworkers/acquaintances know I am fasting. I mean at work if someone offers me food I just say no thank you. But then part of me wants to say "ahem. btw if I look super tired and kind of lethargic for the next few weeks it's because I am fasting." The downside of this is that for people who are not used to fasting they are 1. shocked by the concept 'all day! you can drink water right? NO? YOU CAN'T DRINK WATER?' 2. nervous about eating around you 'sorry. oh my goodness I forgot. I shouldn't be eating in front of you' and 3. I really wanted there to be another three for the sake of symmetry but really there was only a 1 and 2.

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