By the time I had finished my
homework I realized I had studied through both breakfast and lunch, and had 15
minutes to shower and get to class. Long story short, by the time classes had
ended and I was dressed and ready for the first day of softball practice I
hadn’t eaten anything since lunch the day before.
At practice I began to realize what
a mistake skipping meals was as my heavy limbs and light head almost refused to
function. I had very little strength and as such my performance suffered
greatly, on the first day of practice no less. By the time the night was out,
my laps run, and the equipment hauled back to the shed, I was just glad I had
managed to stay conscious through the entire practice. When I finally got back
to my dorm I immediately raided the vending machine and gorged myself on chips,
fruit snacks, and candy. The sugar high and cramps that followed were not
appreciated, but at least I finally had something in my belly again.
The hobbits, as they began their
journey, were also faced with a much smaller diet than they were used to;
though their diet change was one of necessity and not of carelessness. Before
they reached Weathertop, the hobbits had started to come into their own managing the day-to-day walking on a significantly less food: “Already they were getting
used to much walking on short commons – shorter at any rate than what in the
Shire they would have thought barely enough to keep them on their legs.” (A
Knife in the Dark, The Fellowship of the
Rings)
Being a self-identified hobbit, food
is important to me, as it is to the hobbits of the Shire. And now I have learned my lesson, it is never good to go
entire days without eating. The hobbits and I both learned a good deal about
surviving on little food, but the parallel ends there since my discovery was
one of absentmindedness instead of necessity.
The Road Goes Ever On and On,
~ Daisy Buttons
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