Pooping Toys for Valentine's

I never thought I'd be buying a walking poop toy that poops out candy but there I was at Smith's this morning buying a walking poop toy that poops out candy. The girls were so happy with it. Their nickname for me is poopy daddy. I can't tell if it's endearing or derogatory. I'm going to go with some from column A and some from column B. I just wish I was in the meeting where someone pitched that toy idea. Then I think why can't I come up with stuff like that. I think I'll call the suicide hotline and ask them.
The girls are very excited about Valentine's day. I remember how much fun it was in school too. Unless you got the antacid hearts. There was always a kid that brought them in for everyone. When you have a box of candy that mixes flavors like wintergreen and lemon, you should really rethink you're career path. And if you're the parent who bought those for your kid to take shame on you. Also shame on you if you bought them a Whitman's Sampler. The Whitman's Sampler was forged by the devil himself.
Really though Valentine's candy is not great. Next to the Valentine's candy they had already set up kiosks for Easter candy. That's where it's at. That Cadbury Creme Egg will put you right into a diabetic shock. I eat one a year and I'm good. That should be the next internet challenge to see if you can eat two of those in a day and still be conscious.
Priya gets her cast off next Thursday. On a daily basis she tells me how much she doesn't like her surgery. I don't blame her. I can't wait for the cast to come off just so the tantrums will subside. Right now it's separation anxiety from me. She freaks out anytime I need to leave. It was a 45 minute tantrum on Wednesday because I needed to go record the podcast. (Why yes I have a podcast. You should listen to it. And share it. And comment. It will change your life for the better. Or not. At the very least it will kill 10 minutes.) She didn't want me to go but she didn't want to come with me. She finally calmed down and we had a talk later that night about not ever doing that again. We'll see.
The interesting thing is the different ways the girls have tantrums. Both are extremely stubborn which is good in a lot of ways. With Mirinda though you can reason with her after you get her to calm down. You can't reason with Priya. However 10 minutes later they're both as sweet as can be.
They gave me a huge Valentine card and they had both written sentences on it which is so cool. You get used to reading and writing everything for them and all of the sudden they can do it on their own. It's a weird feeling. I heard someone describe raising children as having a dog who slowly learns to talk, read and write. Somewhat accurate.
If you have back pain you should be doing yoga. Seriously. Mirinda and I do it every night now and I have been amazed at how much less pain I have from sciatica. We do one that focuses on core for 15 minutes and I feel amazing afterwards. Mirinda asks to do it because she loves it so much. I've had sciatica for 3 years in May. Since them I've met with my doctor, done physical therapy, cortisone shots, seen a chiropractor, went to an acupuncturist and did ozone therapy. The cortisone worked but only for 3 months. The ozone therapy did help but after a little while it stopped helping. The chiropractor did help my hips get into place but not much else. The only thing that has really worked is yoga. I highly recommend it. I do DDP Yoga. It's Diamond Dallas Page. He was the wrestler in the 90's who did a tag team match with Karl Malone against Dennis Rodman and Hulk Hogan. After his career was over his body was in such bad shape he could barely walk. He started doing yoga and it brought his body back. His style of yoga is all about resistance so you're doing strength training with the exercise. I recommend it highly.
When did we stop honking? I don't mean honking just to be a jerk but honking to let someone know their behavior is incorrect. The other day I was behind someone at a red light going straight. We got a green arrow only but the guy in front of me wasn't paying attention and started driving straight. The car on the other side who had a green arrow started turning left and they barely missed each other. No one honked. That car needed to know they did something stupid and dangerous so they could fix the behavior in the future. I'm sure they thought the guy turning left was in the wrong. Once I got the green light I drove and that car turned into their neighborhood. I seriously considered following them. Not to harass them but when they stopped their car to roll down my window and inform them of what they had done and tell them in the nicest terms possible to stop being an idiot. I decided it probably would be construed as harassment or I was risking a punch in the mouth so I didn't. But seriously there is a reason we have horns. Again we don't need to be a jerk but if someone isn't following the law honk at them. They need to know. I had a guy pull out in front of me and I had to slam on my brakes. When I passed him he was oblivious. It does come back to the self-entitlement that is rampant in our culture and all of us do it to some extent. If someone is not following the rules of the road honk at them. You don't need to flip them off but they need to be aware that what they are doing is not correct.
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