345. Out of the blue

It just popped out of my head, just like that without warning.

'I'm going to stop eating meat and stop drinking wine and stop drinking coffee.'

My husband took it in his stride.

'You do that after the cup of coffee I've just made you.'

And that was it. I may as well have made a comment about the weather. To make a point I let the coffee go cold and made him go to the market on his own. Bad idea. Our fridge is now stocked with enough meat to feed a rugby team and the supply of fruit and vegetables is similar to Christopher Columbus mid-Atlantic. Never mind. I'd only been a vegetarian for 2 hours and 46 minutes. Plenty of time to get organised.

My mother's reaction was along the same lines.

'That shouldn't last too long ... pause ... but if it does you need to watch your protein intake.'

I glanced at my husband, rolling my eyes and making him laugh. My mother caring about my protein intake was totally new to me. I did not think she cared at all about protein and stuff. Miss Organiser laughed and said.

'Baby, dad, I wouldn't like to be at home all week with mum on such a regime!'

All weekend, every ten minutes Baby came up to me asking me if I've had some wine yet. 

'Can you all show a bit more confidence in me, please?'

'Stubborn as you are I have no doubt it can last.' My husband sounds and looks worried as he says this. I give him a questioning look. 

'But tell me, just a wee question.' 

'Yes?'

'Will you still cook meat?'

I laugh and wonder how quickly I should take him out of his misery. And I am also wondering if this is real. Can you just decide one morning totally out of the blue to become a vegetarian and a teetotaller? Should I really think this through and do some research? But then, as my mother seems to think, if it's only going to be for the weekend ...