Day Thirty-One: Water, Schmater.

I'll freely admit that I had some difficulty coming up with a topic to write about today. So, if you please, humor me, and realize that like children who get hit with the ugly stick, my posts can't all be winners. So without further hesitation, I allow you into my brain for the kind of shit I waste my time thinking on a regular basis: does anybody ever really drink eight glasses of water a day and enjoy it?

I've started a challenge with myself that I drink eight glasses of water a day, which really amounts to eight glasses of water while I'm at work, because I stop giving a crap once my butt hits the couch at night. So I come into work, drink a glass or two before lunch (because I'm usually running around too insanely to sit at my desk drinking water), drink another at lunch, and then struggle to finish out the remaining five glasses throughout the day. And while I feel healthier and somewhat more energetic, I waste a lot of time getting up to pee. If I added up all the bathroom breaks I need to take throughout the day while I'm downing glass after glass of water, I probably waste a half hour of time in the bathroom. Plus, I start to feel waterlogged and full about halfway through each glass. It's not a pleasant experience.

So as stupid as I feel like the process is, I see people will giant Nalgene bottles refilling them once, or maybe twice a day. That has to be at least eight glasses of water, if not more. But I also see them pass by my desk about twelve times throughout the day, undoubtedly heading to the bathroom. Is it really worth it? Do these waterlings actually enjoy hydrating themselves that often? As refreshing and life-supportive as water is, I can still get awfully sick of it, and I'm sure I'm not the only one. It's...boring. Sometimes, I just want an iced tea, or juice. But alas, the sugar and acids aren't nearly as good for me as plain, boring, filtered tap water. I know drinking a large amount of water steadily will improve skin quality and possibly even figure, but I'm not sure that having to stop whatever I'm doing to pee every fifteen minutes is worth a little bit nicer skin and a few less pounds. But as long as I can, I'll keep drinking water, just so I can feel better about myself.