...especially when it comes to supplements.
explanation: we are moving. to a big unusable house in another new development of the shithole suburb. this is bad news all around for me because a) we are moving right in the midst of winter/exam/holiday season b) it now extends my 1 h 15 min bus ride by another 10-15 min and c) my parents are making all my stuff disappear and then justifying it with the word "packing." they don't know where stuff is, stuff i need, and that's perfectly acceptable by them. my parents threw away my credit card statement (which i needed to dispute a charge), but that's perfectly acceptable by them. my dad, who i entrusted with my credit card, has no idea where it is, and that's perfectly acceptable by him. in the last week i have asked where a few items have gone, and he shrugs his shoulders, and tells me i should keep all my stuff in my room if i don't want it packed.
this morning i awoke to the sounds of the treadmill belt squeaking. i had planned on using said treadmill the instant i woke up, but dad had beat me to it. fine. i can wait. i can be patient. defeated, i yawned my way downstairs to take my daily l-tyrosine + potent multi-vitamin combination. i throw open the cupboard doors only to find neither bottle on the shelf. there are the various advil bottles, ranging in potency; packs of dicetel sit neatly in the corner; and four bottles of vitamins my parents use in giant-size containers loom in front. but no l-tyrosine, and no multi-vitamin. i check my room, bathroom, kitchen, and other spots to ensure i hadn't simply misplaced it.
nope.
they packed it, all right.
and you know what this means.
war.
in a matter of minutes, hours, days, i will be asked if i have seen these vitamins. "no, i don't think so", i'll respond absent-mindededly. they might leave it at that or they might come after me again.
i'll give my best blank look, followed by a furrowed brow, followed by a shrug.
if they come after me a second time and even if they don't, i will act out an epiphany in front of them.
"oh are you talking about the vitamins you guys take EVERY day? oh the ones you weren't planning on packing until moving day? the ones that you guys didn't keep in your room? yeah, how about that...! i packed them. i guess you'll just have to wait until we unpack again. how... inconvenient. i'd apologize and all, but, i really don't feel sorry. at all."
