November 19: Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day
Diet Coke. Our relationship is long and storied. It began in the campaign office for Mary Beth Tighe; I was volunteering on her campaign as part of my government class in high school. The office was out of regular Coke and only Diet Coke remained. I had a stack of campaign mailers and a roll of stamps staring me in the face. I needed a drink (a carbonated one) to get me through the afternoon. So I cracked open a Diet Coke. And I liked it.
And soon my life was spinning out of control.
Just kidding. But I WAS drinking many, MANY Diet Cokes in a day.
Now I limit myself to one (sometimes two!) DCs a day. Do I think that it’s giving me cancer and rotting my brain? Definitely not. But I do think that drinking water is probably a better choice. Look at me! Growing up!
Tomorrow: National Peanut Butter Fudge Day
Diet coke always makes me think of you.
Ha! Remember when I tried to quit in college and I had THE WORST headache of my life? And Amber had to go to the Union and buy me a Diet Coke because I was in too much pain to do it myself?