I just moved to suburban hell – where we lived before the schools were SO bad (imagine an elementary school closing for a day due to gang threats!) that we paid through the nose to be in the BEST neighborhood with the BEST schools.

Hmmmm…. gang violence vs. over-manicured hyper moms… I no longer know which I would choose…

No harm, no foul Wendy. I’m not a sports fan but I think that means we’re all cool like little Fonzies. I cannot believe that the *elementary school* was closed due to gang threats. Damn, that is one tough city. The kids who make it out of that school… Well, I don’t know what they’ll be like. Glad you made it out!

And in that scenario I think I’d suck it up and wear nail polish. Maybe.

Is that right? You’re like an onion with many layers, Joe.

So I guess you’ll just have to include me in the Funky Junkie club, if you don’t mind.

You *know* you’re in my club, clutch dawg! You’re my Vice President — my right hand junkie! And you wear your funky very well, I might add.

You are too much, Angelika! Thanks chica — or is that funky junkie?

Of course this could be taken as rather controversial but I would argue that there is indeed a small, safe dose that would do you no harm indeed. But let’s not even go there, eh? ;)

Yes she did. I’m much too timid to go there, even if I was absolutely positively guaranteed I’d still be too freaked out to try it.

They dress differently than the ones you described, too. They seem to find the styles that were hip for teen girls about a year ago and jump on it. For example, 3 years ago edgy teens were wearing black nail polish. It became mainstream teen about 2 years ago. Now soccer moms around here are just starting to wear it. Which means it’s no longer fashionable for anyone else.

Oh, I want out of suburbia.

Oh no. These chicks are wearing black nail polish? That’s an entirely different animal. However, it sounds like they hail from the rich suburbs and homey don’t live anywhere near the wealthy suburbs.

In contrast, our mall has Footlocker and Sears. Just to give you some perspective about where I reside.

“why would you rather be a drug addict than a soccer mom”?

She is SUCH a soccer mom. Bleh.

Believe it or not, she doesn’t have kids and in the long ago past she dabbled in the junkie part. That’s why she was asking.

Regarding numb feet on the elliptical …. I had switched to Reeboks and this turned out to be the problem! They just weren’t supporting my feet well enough. I went back to my beloved New Balance (sorry!) and it helped a lot. I think it had to do with foot support. I found online other people commenting that this happened when their shoes needed replacing.

Also, I found something funny for you & will send it to you if you want & want to email me an address you’re comfortable with. It’s a change purse that looks like a converse shoe, LOL.

That’s so amazing to me, that the culprit was the shoe. Amazing because just my left foot bothers me. I’m telling you my left leg is starting to revolt over here. I already have to wear a knee brace since I stretched the ligament with years of sitting with just my left knee bent out indian-style. My left ankle started squeaking recently while I was striding away on the elliptical. And my left foot has consistently been screaming with the numbness.

Wouldn’t that be something if I got new shoes and ALL of my left leg issues went away?

Do the cocaine gummy bears that are legal and have no health ramifications attached to them also taste delicious?

I think they need to, so in my bag could you please only put the clear kind that tastes like pineapple and the red ones? Also, maybe some chocolate form of cocaine? Yes? No? Maybe?

You know it’s funny you mention that Mrs. S. I was actually thinking of the Calcium Gummy Bears from Costco that my kids eat. They are literally coated in sugar and they taste mighty fine.

I actually take one of those daily. I don’t think picture does them justice, though. You can’t really see the sugar. Plus they are more the consistency of a fruit snack rather than those traditional gummy bears.