Flowers in California

Flowers in California

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

A Magical Mango Moment and a Lot of Confusing Foods

I experienced the perfect coming together of want and need when I took the first sip of a Mango Magic smoothie today.

If only food and drink consumption could always be so straightforward and so right.  Generally it gets rather confusing and complicated.  We classify what we eat into good or bad but we eat the bad because it often tastes good.   At times, we eat out of habit or for comfort or something might look really tasty.  We eat and drink when we're with friends and family and celebrating whatever we celebrate.  We deprive ourselves at times and overindulge at other times.  We try to teach our children about food but we eat every sour and cream potato chip that ventures near us (or maybe that's just me).  We hear bad things about some if not all carbohydrates but question if we really want to banish toast from our lives.  Fat may be bad (and fat sounds bad) but it turns out that consuming no fat is terrible and that some fats are good.  Refined sugar can be a problem but we should worry about natural sugars in fruits too.  And really, why not worry about natural sugar?  We're so worried anyways.  Nuts are good but no food is good for those allergic to it.  We consider farming methods from the viewpoints of both animals and ourselves and also the distances that food travels before it reaches us.  But it's hard to eat lovingly nurtured, locally grown food in Canada in winter.  I suppose we could gnaw on indoor plants but I only have two.  One's a poinsettia and they're poisonous; the other is a cactus.  It seems weird to drink cow's milk but I love cow's milk and if we don't consume milk, what happens to cheese and ice cream?  Then there's yogurt.  Yogurt is so very, very confusing all on its own; a debate about the dairy products which form its base would lead to outright chaos.  Who wants to be responsible for that?

So, with all the knowledge we have, what should we eat and drink?  I have absolutely no idea.  I know was that my smoothie was good though.  And in that moment, that was enough.

JAHD

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

A Moment of Non-Loveliness

Has anyone else had the experience where, after a short but pleasant workout at the gym, you're strolling through the facility on the way home, considering the purchase of a coffee, when suddenly you have a short but nasty coughing fit followed by a hearty sneeze, which can bring its own problems, and as this is winding down, your new phone flies out of your purse to the recently refinished but still hard floor below and you hope against hope that your phone has not broken because you have not gotten a case for it yet and you have started to wonder if a Samsung phone was a mistake because it's a lot easier to find a funky iPhone case than it is for this Samsung model but you are happy with your phone so that's probably what matters and thankfully it's not broken and you think to yourself at some point "I am not at my loveliest right now" and you wonder if you'll see the cute physiotherapist who fixed your hand and you realize it's probably for the best if you don't see him or at least if he doesn't see you because you can just imagine he'd think to himself "Was it really worth my efforts?  Look at her.  Wow.  Sure the clinic made a few dollars treating her but what if she has friends just like her and she refers them?  Is that the kind of clientele we really want?" and you pick up your phone and act, as best you can, like you're a normal, functioning member of society and then walk over to the Jugo Juice stand to order your coffee because you don't want a smoothie right now, you have fruit at home and, let's face it, you have a ferocious coffee addiction with which to contend, and the pleasant lady there, who seems to recognize you despite your sporadic gym attendance, serves your coffee and then you walk off to carry on with your day?

Life is interesting!  I hope you enjoy your unique experiences too.  Happy Wednesday!  :)

JAHD