Interrupted

My Life Thus Far
2016-02-05 04:32:09 (UTC)

Classist White Privilege Behavior

Every fiber of my being wanted to lay in bed all day today. I feel a little worn out. Which is strange since I haven't done anything today even remotely taxing.

I woke up naturally at 9:30am. I slept really well last night, and it was a peaceful morning for me. Snookums and I snuggled in bed before he had to leave for a doctor's appointment. He hurt is right foot last week, and they've been testing for gout and other issues. I think he sprained it, but they still want to rule other things out. He can walk on it okay, but any kind of bending is very painful.

After Snookums' appointment he picked the kids up a little early from school, and we took them to Battle Point Park to walk the trail and so they could play at the playground. It's their favorite park, and since we always work on the weekend, we have to do things like that during the week. I can't wait until the summer months come and we can get more daylight hours to be outside.

Once we came home, I couldn't wait to get back into bed. Snookums and I cuddled some more, napped a little, made love (because the kids were sleeping, of course. Sex during the day can't happen otherwise), then we made dinner. Now we're back in bed, cuddling with the kids until it's time to send them off to bed. There's not much else to say about today. It was a quiet day.

I haven't been particularly active on Facebook lately. I post here and there, but I'm not really getting into any deep discussions, or debates. It stresses me out, and really adds nothing to my overall quality of life. I don't need it. Anyhow, for the past year every vegan I know has been excited about Ben and Jerry's offering vegan ice cream. Well, next week the new flavors are hitting stores, and I swear everyone in every vegan group I'm in is going on and on about how they're not going to support Ben and Jerry's. They're evil. It shouldn't be called vegan because their parent company isn't vegan. All the while I'm thinking "that shit is gonna make me fat". I won't be eating it because I'm pretty sure none of them are gluten free, and I don't need all the extra sugar, anyway.

I do everything in my power to be the veganest vegan I can be, but I swear there are some people that boycott everything for the most unreasonable reasons. Yet they don't give half a shit about real issues in the world. It's classist white privilege behavior, and a little irritating. There are people who don't have access to clean drinking water, and a whole segment of the population is fighting with one another over whether or not Oreos and Ben and Jerry's ice cream can be called vegan. Perhaps I feel this way because I'm more than just a vegan. I'm a humanist, and I care about the well-being of others. Not just animals. I wish I knew more intersectional vegans, instead of just vegans who worship sheep. Or are sheep... Okay, off my soapbox for the day.

I want to cuddle with Keenan before he goes to bed.




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