Vices

All of you know I have a few vices: Ice cream (which I am currently trying to dominate by not having, well, not much at least, I don't think I've had any since Sunday and before that it had been a couple of weeks), reading, DVD's and eating out at good restaurants, or any halfway decent place for that matter. Anyway, I indulged one of my vices last night: reading. It seems I can't put down a book if I only have like 100 pages or so to go. I can finish this quick is my thought, and, I can, but not quite as quickly as I think or should. I was reading a book by James Patterson. His chapters are short and it seems as if the books fly by, which they do, but I always think I can be faster than I actually am. I try to get to bed by 11 so I can get up and exercise on the bike. Well, the book sucked me in and I was up until 12:30 which in turn put me up late this morning. I didn't make it out of bed until 5:46, hence my later post. For those of you wondering: Yes, I did get my ride in this morning but it was a tougher ride because I am missing about 1 and a half hours of sleep. I hope I'm not dragging today. Anyway, I don't think my vices are bad, but they are vices nonetheless and I need to overcome them and show dominion over them. I must overcome the flesh and give myself more fully over to the Spirit. I can't do that if I still capitulate to my vices.