frenemy
I hate drinking water. Almost always. And unless I'm eating or really thirsty I don't really want to drink anything else, either.
(The other exception: I like making a fancy drink that is Suitable For The Occasion, like a mimosa at brunch or a latte when I'm at Michael's place in the morning (it is fun to use his building's machine :D) and I will drink the fancy drink. If I've got an hour or two. Or four. I can make a half-glass of wine last all night. My having these drinks is like me wearing fun earrings. I like the experience!)
It is difficult to be a water-based life form when you don't like drinking water. Though it does mean you pee a lot less, which is convenient.
The rumor is, however, that your skin possibly likes it when you drink water. And I like making my skin happy. So. I have begun making myself drink a glass of water in the morning and another at night, when I do my skincare stuff.
I hate it, so much. I am just gulping down this stuff I hate and it goes on forever. I try to ignore what I'm doing. Distance myself. Lie back and think of England. Sometimes I spill some of it on myself because I am trying to pour more into my mouth than will reasonably go there, just to get it over with faster. When I'm done I inevitably make a terrible face because what I have just done was so unpleasant and also I feel sick.
My partners think this is adorable. It's amazing what a person who is in love with you can find adorable.
Tonight Raffie was around to witness this ritual.
Raffie: Why don't you just drink it over a period of time, instead?
Me: because I won't.
Raffie: why not?
Me: I won't be thirsty, so I won't think of it. Or even if I am thirsty I might not be thirsty ENOUGH to go to the trouble.
Raffie: So you could place, on your desk, next to you, a glass of water, and then you will have it right there and remember to drink it...
Me: I have two thermoses full of water on my desk right now. And a cup of tea.
Raffie: well at least you drank the tea, right?
Me: ...I did not drink all of the tea.
Raffie: *appalled* The TEA
Me: this is why I needed the ember mug. It takes me all day to drink a cup of tea, and it gets cold fast. And sometimes I just won't drink the tea anyway. Know thyself, Raffie. At this point in my life I know the sensible things I should do that I'm not going to do.