Fight the Winter Blahs
All of the travel I have been doing lately has put me in a bit of a funk. Mentally, I am feeling fine, but I am so worn out. There is so much I had to do in such a short amount of time, I think I overextended myself. It is easy to do anyways this time of year. Right now, I am somewhere where I am pretty much being snowed in! It is weather that makes it unfit to shovel because in an hour you will have to do it again so might as well wait until it is finished and you know what you are messing with. It also is bad weather for taking a romantic walk with the lady wearing a muff for her hands and the guy wearing an overcoat and walking to get their Christmas tree. I have not seen anyone wear a muff this entire season, but I have been surprised before.
It is easy after the holidays to fall into Seasonal Affective Disorder, but I have been turning to things that I have used all summer, like drinking orange juice and taking B-12 supplements to keep myself afloat. I used o get the “good stuff” and now I have relegated myself from getting a generic drugstore brand for the price, but notice a difference in the ingredients. It doesn’t include B-6, which acts as a helper, along with it. For me it is particularly important due to the predisposition towards heart conditions that runs in my family.
Right now the B-12 Supplements from Trivita are on sale for $9.99 for a 30 day supply. It is less of a sale and more as a thank you to new customers. Instead of $24.99, it is $9.99. I am looking forward to trying it out. You can get your box here.
Feetie Pajamas for REALLY Big Kids (up to 6 foot 7)
I recently went on a trip which required flight travel. Of course, I was reading a hardboiled mystery from 1940 that I snagged from a used bookstore, but I always flip through the in flight magazines, particularly the SkyMall catalog. It is like a more sophisticated version o a Lillian vernon catalog in that there are novelty items mixed in with the more standard fare. One product caught my eye, and at first I thought it was a joke!
I rubbed my eyes, but it didn’t go away. Footed Pajamas for adults are a reality. It was a joke on “The Family Guy” where Peter thought life would be perfect once he had a pair. Now, they are in fashion magazines and on airplanes. According to the catalog, they have sizes large enough to fit a strappy lad of 6′ 7″ tall and 250+ pounds. I just think it would really be a little unsettling to see an NBA player retiring for the evening in a pair of jammies with clouds and duckies on them (they have that motif in tall sizes like that!).
Perhaps I am missing the point on this. It would be a good thing to have for children of NBA players who grow in height so that they can’t fit into kids pajamas even though they are only eight years old. Of course, if you were in a theater production, you could have an adult actor playing a child or something like that and it would be the perfect costume. Is there something darker and deeper to all of this? Could it be a high form of cocooning or some type of fetish? Or is it strictly nostalgia for grown up Gen-X’ers who remember their G.I. Joe Pjs and think they still rock.
Jumpin Jammerz offered that they were good for sleeping “or dancing in.” Well, it is sure going to be a darn interesting variation on the “Lords a Leaping” this season for Christmas Carolling, wouldn’t you say?
Any way you slice it, I don’t think anyone here will be buying them, but maybe you will. Well…we could have a pajama party…
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