{"id":3732,"date":"2011-03-09T03:36:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T03:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=3732"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:36:25","slug":"day-117-pacers-cup-give-and-fat-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=3732","title":{"rendered":"Day 117 – Pacer’s Cup (Give) and Fat Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I got this Pacer’s cup when we took the kids to Disney on Ice a few weeks back at Conseco Fieldhouse.\u00a0 I paid a little extra in order to get refills since we had four kids and two adults sharing a drink!\u00a0 I think it was around $6 (not sure exactly since I tried to block out the memory of paying that much for what my Dad used to always call “sugar water”!).\u00a0 If I understood the deal correctly, part of what I was paying for was UNLIMITED refills – for the entire basketball season.\u00a0 If you know me, you know that was worth exactly zero dollars as far as\u00a0my plans were\u00a0concerned.\u00a0 But they’ve announced at school a special Student Day for a Pacer’s game over spring break – free admission.\u00a0 I asked around today and found a sophomore who was planning to attend and I told him I’d give him the cup.\u00a0 So it might not look like much of a Give, but – depending on how thirsty my young friend is – it could be worth ten to twenty dollars! It’s not as if we have a shortage of plastic cups in our kitchen cabinet at the moment anyway. In other news… I had my own little Fat Tuesday experience today.\u00a0 I totally understand the mindset now.\u00a0 Every year I try to come up with something to give up for Lent.\u00a0 I like it to be challenging.\u00a0 I’ve given up meat.\u00a0 I’ve given up ice cream.\u00a0 And I’ve given up chocolate.\u00a0 Giving up chocolate made me cranky.\u00a0 Giving up meat really inconvenienced my family (Melissa felt like she had to change her cooking).\u00a0 So ideally I would like to give up something this Lent that is challenging to me but without inconveniencing anyone\u00a0in my\u00a0family.\u00a0 And after reading “Hole in Our Gospel” recently, I am considering going through the school day without eating.\u00a0 So many people around the world feel fortunate to get even one meal a day. Not eating during the work\u00a0day\u00a0would actually be a good thing for my health, since most of the eating I do while at school is snacking: potato chips, cashews, candy bars and M&Ms!\u00a0 I have an entire filing cabinet drawer full of junk food.\u00a0 I don’t usually eat a normal lunch – the most nutritious thing I eat is a protein bar. So I think that is what I have settled on this week … which brings me to my Fat Tuesday experience today.\u00a0 Throughout the school day today I consumed quite a few chips (salt and vinegar!), finished off a bag of M&Ms and munched enough Oreos to make me sick.\u00a0 I rationalized it as an attempt to reduce future temptation (there’s still a box of Triscuits in the drawer – not much temptation there!), but it was really\u00a0a great excuse to pig out for the day.\u00a0 I don’t feel so great tonight.\u00a0 Blahhhhhhhhhh. I’m curious about your views on Lenten fasting:\u00a0 Have you ever done it?\u00a0 Is it worthwhile?\u00a0 What is the value?\u00a0 I know how I’d respond to those questions, but am interested in your perspective.\u00a0 Leave a comment if you’ve got a thought to share….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got this Pacer’s cup when we took the kids to Disney on Ice a few weeks back at Conseco Fieldhouse.\u00a0 I paid a little extra in order to get refills since we had four kids and two adults sharing a drink!\u00a0 I think it was around $6 (not sure exactly since I tried to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3733,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3732\/revisions\/3733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}