rant rant rant

You were forewarned with the title and my snipit on facebook so if you don't want to hear me up on my soap box, you might want to discontinue reading like... now!

Meet munchkin two (left, we call him Bubba) and munchkin one (right, we call her Bug)! Aren't my kids adorable? They look like their dad-- especially the little monkey boy. A spitting image. Anyway-- this post is in reference to an absolutly crazy day the monkeys and I had one day last week (Actually, Nov 1 to be exact) So bare with me-- I'll get there.

November 1 Bug's teacher called me as I was leaving the gym and said she had red spots, I needed to come get her. (You know you are a fitness freak when you say a prayer of thanks the red spots didn't come til AFTER your gym jam session) As I picked her up I thought it looked like it could be what I heard ring worm looked like, so we stopped by the nurse. She thought ring worm. So in a rush I call the dr that is 25 minutes from our house and am so so grateful to get her an apt in 30 minutes. Seriously, like I thanked the Lord right then and there they got us in right away. The thought of  ring worm is ew gross, I know. I kept thinking that people were going to think I don't clean my house or my dog is dirty nasty or whatever (fyi.. I am sorta a germ phob and as soon as someone said ring worm I started itching uncontrollably!) We wait at the office for 40 minutes (read:this is nap time, no one has eaten lunch...I am getting slightly annoyed after 20 minutes. I ask the office lady if we got skipped? She won the customer service award for the day and got us right back after I politely checked in again... NOT! She was a biotch but whatever people got stuff goin on in their lives right?
After 90 minutes (this is like 3:00 at this point) a different dr came in because our poor dr had apparently gotten stuck in a room with a patient that ENTIRE time! Dr is in our room for 3 minutes, ring worm for sure... oh wait she has it all over her arms? Legs? belly?
Hives.
THANK THE HEAVENS ABOVE MY HOUSE IS CLEAN ENOUGH.

So we get the hell out of therein the car and start driving through school and road construction traffic to stop at a Fast Eddy's (my most favoritest gas station ever!) to get me a diet dr pepper (oh yah, I didn't stay off it forever!) and the kids a snack. What, oh what can I find that is semi healthy to eat at a gas station? Nuts, banana, or crap.
They don't want banana or nuts, obviously. It's friggin 300 they're tired and hungry and they want candy dangit. AH HA! Fast Eddy's is the bomb! They have mickey mouse luncheable type things with apples, grapes and cheese in them for 3.00. Of course they have some sort of stuff sprayed on the food to keep it fresh looking, longer but this is about as good as it gets out and about. I think this is a genius idea! So were all set, I got my nuts (I didn't have any food with me and I wasns't about to eat a meal of crap processed food I didn't even want because I was starving..yay me!) and my diet dr pepper (boo I know it isn't healthy! Do as I say not as I do right?! Kinda)
Then we hit Walgreens after getting turned around in traffic and all we really want is to be home with a red box and some zyrtec. Every where I look there are candy isle after candy isles and display after display of....

Christmas CandY!!!
Are you kidding me? Halloween was literally yesterday! I only let my kids go around the block and we literally have probably 2 lbs of candy. I mean it is a huge bowl. But that isn't enough is it America!?
No wonder we are obese.
So some people from facebook were a bit annoyed by my maybe shall we call it "judgemental" attitude towards the candy.
It isn't THIS candy. It isn't THIS store. It isn't the fact that the cashier asked me for a donation for diabetes prevention two feet past this display (OK OK MAYBE THAT WAS WHAT GOT ME!)
Holidays are good and fun and a reason to celebrate and reflect on our blessings in life. But they have also become an excuse to BUY CRAP WE DON'T NEED, EAT CRAP WE SHOULD'NT EAT, and SPEND MONEY WE DON'T HAVE.
Diabetes prevention? Seriously? Ill give you prevention... give us two weeks between halloween candy and Christmas candy!
What people don't understand is this is literally killing people! Food is as much of an addiction if not MORE so than (yep I went there) alcohol and drugs. It is widely accepted that if you are having a bad day-- chocolate will fix it. Have a good day, food should celebrate it.

   Life is about the moments we have, with the people we love. Holidays should be spent surrounded by love and laughter and I believe some food and treats should and can be apart of those celebrations in a healthy and moderate way.  I don't think they need to be the dang CENTER of them.

What do you think? How do you celebrate? Does candy isle after candy isle annoy you too?

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