I'm driving to Eureka this morning and Tanner and I are having a typical text message conversation:
Tanner: Buy me a baby alligator.
Me: No, it'll grow up big and chomp you.
Tanner: I need to be tan if I'm gonna be big sexy.
Me: Same. Buy me a tanning package.
Tanner: 311 will go down in history like Vince Gill at Christmas time.
Me: I have a cold and my head is full of snot and my ears are all crackly.
Tanner: (no response, no sympathy)
And then we talked about what we had for breakfast.
Tanner: Mmm, cottage cheese sandwich.
Me: I had Cheez-Its and a Pepsi. Delish.
Tanner: You're chubby and pop gives you pimples and diabetes. (He didn't really say that, but doesn't it sound like him?)
Anyway, he did actually go on to tell me about all the evils of my beloved Pepsi. And it did get me thinking about how much pop I actually do consume. And then I began to wonder if, somehow, all the hype might actually be true. Could this be the reason I'm breaking out worse than an adolescent during puberty? Is this why my nails are all brittle and keep breaking? Is all that caffeine the culprit behind my sleepless nights? Will proper hydration actually make my skin look less wrinkley and make me lose weight like the little stick figures that give up pop on that one commercial?
Hmm. Might be worth looking into.
I stopped at the Casey's in Eureka and bought a liter of their mountain spring water. It doesn't have quite the same kick Pepsi gives me, but I did find it mildly refreshing and I'm a woman on a mission.
How bad are caffeine withdrawls, anyway?
Bad. They're bad! Don't do it. Headaches, cranky....it's not worth it. Are wrinkles really that bad?!? You are the only person I know who can drink non-diet pop and not gain a pound. It's a luxury!! Don't throw it away.
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