Snapple War

Have you seen this ad? I really want to go there and just Rollerblade up and down the bubble wrapped sidewalks. I'm addicted to bubble wrap, it's one of my secret shames. Something shows up in the mail with bubble wrap and I could care less about what is in the box, I'm off in the corner making it snap and pop, and fighting my children for what is left of it.

Um, so, right, enough about bubble wrap. I actually got to try the Snapple antioxidant water. Unfortunately the first time I tried it, it was because my husband was stealing one of my bottles. I saw him and yelled that it was mine! He pointed out I had other bottles. I pointed out I had none in that flavor and I wanted to try it!

So he made me try it. Right there. I had just brushed my teeth.

For the record, is there anything on this planet that tastes decent after just brushing your teeth? I'm pretty sure he knew I just had too, it was all a plot just so he could leave with the bottle. However, never let it be said I am not sneaky! He put all his stuff in his car (we were both trying to leave) and went back into the house. I sneaked into his cooler and stole back my Snapple.

We're now engaged in a full-scale Snapple war. He tried to sneak off with the other bottles, I managed to sneak back two of them. Unfortunately, he got the drop on me with the orange starfruit, but I'm ok with that. It's not my favorite, (I like the grape pomegranate) and I have his favorite (raspberry acerola) sitting right here, held hostage.

The good news is that they taste much better than when you have just brushed your teeth. At first I thought they were kind of light... lacking in flavor. But I wasn't doing anything at the time either, and by that I mean being active. I'm a fairly active person. At least I think I am compared to the average person. I get up at an unbearable hour (usually around 4:30-5 a.m.) and exercise six days a week by lifting weights or running. I then proceed to act like a lump of mud for a good portion of the day while I work on the various things I have to do. I finish out the day with some sort of sporting event going on in the evening.

I remembered to bring one of the bottles with me to the soccer practice where I coach, and it turns out that after running around in the heat for 90 minutes that the water doesn't lack in flavor at all, it's just right. If it had been overpowering like a soda or juice, it probably would have totally turned me off. For just after running and coaching? Perfect. Plus, big bonus - no after taste, and after the whole toothpaste thing that was a major blessing.

Unfortunately, it turns out the soccer team likes it a lot too. With my daughter leading the charge, they're sneakier than I am. I only got a sip of the one I brought yesterday, because they all poured it into their water bottles. So now I'm going to have to spend more time hiding it from not only my husband, but also an entire gaggle of preteen girls.

This is getting tricky. Maybe it would be easier to just go back to drinking water.