Chemistry
by carolynholm
Dear Alpha Mommy,
I’m really hungry. Why is my bowl empty?
XOXOXO
Poppy
Dear Poppy,
I’m sorry, we’re driving up to the mountains today – you’ll get carsick if you have food in your stomach.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
I get carsick anyway.
XOXOXO
Poppy
Dear Poppy,
Sad to say that’s true, but at least if you have an empty stomach you don’t barf everything you ate all over my car.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
Don’t you give me a pill for that?
XOXOXO
Poppy
Dear Poppy,
I do, I give you Dramamine. It helps.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
I hate that pill.
XOXOXO
Poppy
Dear Poppy,
No kidding! It’s a major wrestling match to get that down your gullet. You put up a fight even before you taste it. Even when I put it inside a tasty “pill pocket”.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
Of course I do. I can smell it. It’s a nasty pill.
XOXOXO
Poppy
Dear Poppy,
I’m sure it is. But it makes things less nasty in the car.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
Mia calls me a junkie because I take so many pills.
XOXOXO
Poppy
Dear Poppy,
That’s not a very nice thing to say. But you do take a lot of pills. There’s the Dramamine. And the monthly heartworm pill. And the monthly flea and tick pill. And of course you take Prozac every day. But we’re tapering you off of the Prozac now, because you’ve been doing so well! Meanwhile all of these are very important, sweetie.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
So if they are really important, then I’m not a junkie?
XOXOXO
Poppy
Dear Poppy,
No, of course you’re not. I prefer the old Dupont motto – Better living through Chemistry – you’re its living embodiment. I just hope you’re not stoned all the time.
Love, Carolyn
Dear Alpha Mommy,
I forget, why is my food bowl empty?
XOXOXO
Poppy
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