Hot Chocolate is Deceiving

Or, rather, Nestle's hot chocolate is deceiving. My mom recently remembered her favorite hot chocolate brand of the past- Nestle's. So, of course, she decided to branch away from Swiss Miss (which is the cheap brand my brother and I adore) and got Nestle's hot chocolate.

NO!!!

When we tried it, there was basically no chocolatey taste. And it was thin as water! (Though we dumped a whole packet and more...)

Then, the next day, my mother realized that there was ANOTHER hot chocolate from Nestle, but it was more expensive. But if it's expensive, why get Nestle?

If we wanted to spend that much on hot chocolate, we'd get Godiva hot chocolate. Because that, my friends, is heaven in a mug.

*sips hot chocolate slowly*

Carpe Diem! ... And parents watching cartoons

Today I feel like I was able to reboot my system... Or maybe it was a combination of yesterday and today. In any case, I feel wonderfully relaxed and upbeat for the first time in practically half a year. :)

My theory about this is that I-

Okay, I know that I just completely stopped midsentence, but I just experienced a somewhat odd moment. I just heard the theme song for the cartoon "Johnny Test" playing from the living room. I assumed it was my brother finally getting his butt off the computer and watching TV instead. So I got up to congratulate him (great role model and stuff, I know), and I just see my mother staring blankly at the cartoon on the TV. Then she looks at me. "Why am I watching this?" she asks quickly, then switches the television channel WAY too rapidly.

Alright then.

Anyway, I think my sudden urge to pull myself out of my depressing/depressed (which seem to go hand-in-hand) state was probably because I had the sudden realization that I was absolutely no fun like that. I was constantly beating myself up over things that were completely out of my control. So, in effect, I was also not "carpe diem"-ing... Or seizing the day. Which was my promise to myself.

Ultimately, "life's what you make it", so to speak. (Quoting a certain Disney star here... Can you figure out who?) In a rather morbid way of looking at it- life's pretty darned short. Honestly, you could die any second... A day will never come back. Sometimes, one really needs to take a step back and think: "Is this really important in the grand scheme of things?" "What will I regret more? Doing so-and-so or not doing so-and-so?" ... And the such.

Carpe diem!