elizabeth: I don’t want anyone to think that I harbor any ill will towards the famers in this country or in the world for that matter. It’s just 
that alfalfa sprouts have never done anything to soothe a bitchy mood. And beets do not lead the pack when your man or woman has done you wrong. The only thing beets are good for is staining your good white shirt. Do thoughts of baby organic carrots with a side of humus come to mind as a way to forget that the blouse cost a week’s salary? And if you are spending a week’s salary on a blouse – please adopt me. I won’t eat much.
Laurie: So you’re not buying the health and nutrition theory that eating good food makes you feel good? OK, well I’m the first one to tout the benefits of mashed potatoes and macaroni & cheese all in the same meal. Maybe some biscuits on the side. My gluten-intolerant friends have passed out by now.
elizabeth: Headaches – a lot more people are getting brain thumpers because the humidity is so bloody high this summer. On days like this when I can’t see a damn thing because my eyebrows are sweating into my eyes, I sit myself down and dig into a enormous bowl of romaine lettuce. And then I give it to neighborhood dogs so they can bury it. What works for a headache? A big plate of a homemade pie with a chunk of cheddar cheese on it (so that is compliments the red wine you are downing at a great neck pace), chocolate sauce melting into the crust and enough whipped cream to bathe in. I am feeling better already.
Laurie: I’m not sure about the cheddar cheese but is there any headache better than an ice-cream headache? Worth every shooting brain pain that enters your head. It’s so good that, even when you know it’s coming, you still keep shoveling in the frozen delight until you reach your pain threshold. Then you wait until it subsides, and do it all over again. How cool is that?
elizabeth: Hung Over – Okay, so maybe a little too much wine with the pie has left you with a lawn of fuzz growing inside your mouth. Your mother must be so proud. So can a bowl of Kasha cereal with a double handful of raisins do anything to make you feel more human? Please. On mornings like this only half of a red velvet cake along with a side of well done home fries and bacon can make you feel the life force pulsing through your veins again. An apple with yogurt would only go bad and then join up with a gang. It could get ugly.
Laurie: I’m not much of an alcohol consumer but I have been know to down enough Diet Pepsis in one day to caffeine-accelerate my computer without turning it on.
elizabeth: Feeling out of Sorts – Now this is when you take your mood out on yourself or anyone who walks by you. You know who you are. Sometimes we don’t know why we are so down, but a chopped salad certainly won’t help – look at it. It’s been chopped to pieces by an angry chef. You wanna eat that? No amount of blue cheese will drown out the cries of the vegetables. But a dozen deep fried donuts with a half a gallon of double fudge brownie ice cream sandwiched between two pepperoni pizzas would be just what the mood doctor ordered. I like this modern women’s repast because afterwards I take comfort in knowing that I have not stuck a fork in anyone to see if they are done.
Laurie: I’m done!
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Thanks. Now, I’m hungry. And not for the baby carrots I have stashed in my desk!
You’re right though. Nothing cures the blues like a good does of chocolate, or ice cream, or pie. At least until you step on the scale afterward.
And this is why I am thinking of joining WW!
I think we need some “vices” to keep us happy and frisky.
Time to take the scale out of hiding and make nice to it. As soon as I finish my stash of dark chocolates!
elizabeth