Gummies win the war!

In the last few weeks, we have embraced a new routine. We no longer shop for groceries and incidentals over the weekend, we shop smack dab in the middle of the week - on Wednesdays! We shop at 2 grocery stores - a regular Canadian and an ethnic one that is not related to Craigley’s or my heritage or backgrounds. At Metro, Craigley waits in the car while I quickly shop for staples like eggs, bread, milk and juice. At the other store, Craigley and I both walk in and go through our own individual lists. While I focus on fruits, vegetables and family needs, Craigley picks up ice cream, chips and gummies. Craigley mostly shops for Hans and himself.

At this point in time, ASid is not even a footnote on our lists as he is elsewhere and doing really well.

When we come back home from grocery shopping, I try to wipe down items and try to put them away. Craigley, on the other hand, can’t wait to show his loot to Hans and gloat over the new additions to their candy collection. Both father and son are mostly excited about the gummies. They have tried in vain to get me to join their gummie gang. This was one battle I refused to lose. I cannot stand the texture of gummies in my mouth.

I guess the duo didn’t really care as my winning the battle simply meant a larger portion of gummies for each one of them.

While all this was unfolding over a few weeks, my search for a new family doctor resumed recently. After a “meet and greet” with my newly assigned family doctor over the phone, I was asked to take 2000 iu of Vitamin D per day. This was prescribed for the pain I have been feeling. I was also asked to get blood work done to better understand why I am falling apart. It felt good that I was finally going to have some answers.

Yesterday, on the grocery shopping spree, I added a short stop at Shoppers Drug Mart to pick up Vitamin D. To my surprise, most of the vitamins were gone and Vitamin D appeared like a must-have or something! I guess it makes sense for Canadians to seek some sunshine in other ways when instructed to stay at home as much as possible. Even as I felt dejected at the thought of walking out without my own bit of sunshine, I spotted a bottle of Vitamin D on the lowest shelf, at the very end of the Vitamins’ aisle. When I grabbed the bottle, I was dismayed!

My new normal now includes chewing 2 gummies, each loaded with 1000 iu of Vitamin D, per day.