Cereal

The sugary goodness in a bowl of cold milk. MMM kids, mornings don't get much better than that. Many would argue that it so can get better than cereal for breakfast. Think french toast, pancakes, bacon, and eggs. Nope. Just give me my bowl of cereal.

I know it sounds slightly ridiculous - cereal is probably the most common breakfast, so why would I get so much joy out of it? Well, when I got to high school, I stopped having an adequate amount of time to enjoy my wonderful bowl of cereal for breakfast. Instead, I would sleep too late, get ready for school, and leave, getting to school usually late for my zero-hour class. I would then eat breakfast during first period, a nutrigrain bar usually. I never ate cereal. I so much looked forward to the weekend when I could not only sleep in, but also have a wonderful bowl of cereal. To make matters worse, my mother would purchase GREAT cereal (honey bunches of oats, cinnamon toast crunch, apple jacks, etc.) and my siblings would EAT IT ALL before I had the chance to enjoy just one simple, delectable serving. So finally the weekend would come, I would awaken from, what my mother would call, 'a disgustingly long time to be asleep', I would head to the kitchen, and to the demise of my eyes there it would be, a large bowl full of pancake batter. Dangit. Don't get me wrong, I just love pancakes, but seriously today? I wanted cereal so badly. And yes, I could have eaten some, but then I miss out on those wonderful pancakes my mother makes. What to do?! Pancakes won. Everytime. And I would leave myself to fret until tomorrow whether or not I would get to eat cereal. Nope. Tomorrow is Sunday. Mom ALWAYS makes breakfast Sunday. Curse you mother. My toil over this subject was a common discussion topic between us.

But then it would come. The one wonderful Saturday morning when my mother would not make breakfast. My siblings would complain, but oh no not me. I had cereal. I'd go into the pantry, peruse my many many options, choose, and enjoy. Then I would get yelled at by my siblings for eating so much cereal. Well, I'm pretty sure I only eat out of the small plastic bowls and DANGIT I HAVEN'T HAD CEREAL FOR TWO MONTHS SO I WILL EAT TWO BOWLS AND FEEL NO REMORSE WHATSOEVER!

Last weekend I got sick and decided I needed to buy some food to lift my spirits. I went to the store and bought ice cream, sandwich food (because I feel even more strongly towards the sandwich than I do cereal, but that's a different topic completely), milk, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch. I've eaten it almost every morning this week. It has been a fantastic week.