I just wrote a blog about how I'm sick and blah blah blah WHO CARES? I'm not going to bore you with my aches and pains. Instead I will share with you a not so fond memory from my childhood.
In town to celebrate Thanksgiving and my birthday, my grandparents were staying with us for a few days. The family was seated at the table for dinner, a day or two before Turkey Day. I was probably about 7-years-old.
A tall glass of red Kool-Aid and a plate of ham sat before me. I took one bite of the ham and pushed it away.
"It's too salty!" I exclaimed in disgust.
"It is not. Now eat your dinner," either my mom or dad insisted.
"No... it's gross! I can't eat it."
"Just drink your Kool-Aid and take a few more bites."
Begrudgingly, I was obedient. I swallowed the Kool-Aid and ate a few small bites of the ham.
"I don't feel so good..."
Okay, the details get a little bit fuzzy here. But the image of Kool-Aid-colored vomit is still quite vivid in my memory.
It was probably just a coincidence, but I blame that flu--which knocked me out of commission for my birthday and Thanksgiving--on that damn ham, and indirectly on my parents for making me eat it, of course.
That flu was quite a doozy. I couldn't keep down anything. Any. Thing. In fact, it was during that very flu that I first experienced the joys that are suppositories. You want to hear a kid scream bloody murder? Suppositories are the way to go.
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You poor thing! That's awful! Just the combination of Kool-Aid and ham sounds pretty gross... :)
I'm sick too!! *crazy hand motions*
I threw up after eating a cinnamon heart once when I was little. It was way too spicy for me, and I was running down the hall to the bathroom.
The vomit was pink. I will never forget this either.
i had a bad experience with ham too. we were visiting an uncle at his cabin and my mom made me eat a ham sandwich. i remember that toilet very well...
fell better!!!
I cannot eat any pork (other than hotdogs at a Cardinals game). Just another reason for my family to ask why I'm such a picky eater. And unfortunately, the movie Babe messed me up too!
Pork really disgusts me lately. The thought of meat in general makes me a little queezy, but bring on the Kool-Aid
i had a very similar experience with peanut butter...except there was no flu. the peanut butter just made me vomit.
to this day even the smell of it makes me nauseous.
& ever since then i've claimed that i'm allergic to nuts. all nuts.
i don't think it's entirely true...but shh! not even my fiance knows that i may have made it up.
I have a lot of those memories surrounding seafood. My body has always rejected seafood... :(
Man, the way that ham and Kool-Aid was forced on you makes it seem like it was special kool-aid! Ack! I'm glad you survived that scary, scary day! Poor lil mermanda!
is it weird that after i read this post i still wanted red kool-aid?
oh mermanda. you crack me up. and for your efforts, i believe tomorrow i will be posting my own "i harked on thanksgiving" story. you're welcome. be sure to check it out. i'll be sure to link back to this as my inspiration. :)
xoxo!
That sounds horrible! I hope you are never sick on your birthday/turkey day again.
I love ham! But now I love it a little less after reading this post. Ew. =/
Feel better!
and now I'm scarred for life.....
suppositories
*shudders*
just like the song says, "parents just don't understand"
Oh that's awful! At least you don't have the flu now!
Holy crap, who subjects their child to a suppository? Poor little Mermanda.
That reminds me of a conversation I had once with my father about a plate of spaghetti.
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