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