Tummy ache at 9:15 in the morning.

This morning started with a cup of coffee and icky rainy weather. Like the heavens are sad the Saints lost. It happens.

I get to work and I have a happy package. King cake with chocolate filling and cream cheese. So I have the smallest (OK.... not THE smallest) piece. It was great. not as sweet as some bakeries do.. no icing but lots of colored sugar... beads though... rat bastard. But then my Tutor (because now I have one) asked about what it meant, and I went "ummmmm.... I am not from your country." So here we go... brief and to the point

History of the Mardi Gras King Cake

All over the world, people gather for festive twelfth night celebrations. Twelfth Night is when the coming of the wise men bearing gifts to the Christ Child is celebrated. This celebration is called Ephipany, Little Christmas, or the Twelfth Night.

One of the most popular customs in this celebration of giving gifts is the baking of a special cake in honor of the three kings -a King's Cake. Hidden inside the cake is either a bean or plastic baby. The tiny plastic baby represents the Christ Child. The person receiving it must portray one of the kings. It was originally served only on January 6th (TwelfthNight), but is now celebrated here starting on the twelfth night after Christmas and continues through Mardi Gras, the day before Ash Wednesday (when the Lenten season begins) which is throughout the entire carnival season. It is said that the lucky person who gets the baby will have good fortune for the year.

The recipient then continues the festivities by having another party or bringing another cake. In the U.S., cakes are brought to offices, school, meetings and parties, and the person finding the baby in their piece must bring a king cake the next day. The first cakes were a simple ring of dough with little decoration. The New Orleans-style cake is brightly decorated with Mardi Gras colored sugars and icing and pieces of fruit with cinnamon inside, pecans, cream cheese, or any assortment of fruit fillings.

and count on Shy to point out... You know purple, green and gold don't go together anywhere else in the world, right?

Who cares? Happy Monday, even if it starts with a tummy ache from too much sweet... My last practice LSAT over the weekend gave me a 162. It's coming people, it's coming.

P.s. I didn't get the baby :)

P.P.s. as further proof that there is nothing in this world for free... Lemon has offered to rub my tummy (awwwww)..... For $1. Rat bastard part II.