{"id":13374,"date":"2014-11-04T11:05:30","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T19:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.momservations.com\/?p=13374"},"modified":"2014-11-04T11:05:30","modified_gmt":"2014-11-04T19:05:30","slug":"medicating-for-post-halloween-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2014\/11\/04\/medicating-for-post-halloween-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Medicating for Post-Halloween Depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Momservation:\u00a0<\/strong>Don&#8217;t look at it as sneaking your kids&#8217; Halloween candy. Look at it as compensation for services rendered.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u263a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u263a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u263a<\/h4>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13376\" src=\"https:\/\/momservations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Halloween-candy-wrappers.jpg\" alt=\"Halloween candy wrappers\" width=\"211\" height=\"239\" \/>T\u2019was the Monday after Halloween<\/h4>\n<h4>And all through the house<\/h4>\n<h4>Half-eaten candy and wrappers<\/h4>\n<h4>Were scattered about<\/h4>\n<h4>Discarded costumes<\/h4>\n<h4>Once provoking dread<\/h4>\n<h4>Lay in heaps and piles<\/h4>\n<h4>From floor to bed<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-13151 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/momservations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/messy-room-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"messy-room\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>Pumpkin seeds saved<\/h4>\n<h4>Still uncooked in a bowl<\/h4>\n<h4>Are now turning green<\/h4>\n<h4>All covered with mold<\/h4>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13377\" src=\"https:\/\/momservations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/rotting-jack-o-lantern-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"rotting jack o lantern\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/>Jack-o-lantern smiles<\/h4>\n<h4>Now starting to droop<\/h4>\n<h4>Already rotting<\/h4>\n<h4>On my front entry stoop<\/h4>\n<h4>The festive d\u00e9cor<\/h4>\n<h4>Once strewn about in glee<\/h4>\n<h4>Just looks like another<\/h4>\n<h4>Job waiting for me<\/h4>\n<h4>They hang from knobs<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13378\" src=\"https:\/\/momservations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Halloween-decor-2013-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Halloween decor 2013\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>They are affixed on glass<\/h4>\n<h4>They are on tables<\/h4>\n<h4>What a pain in the a**<\/h4>\n<h4>So I grab another Snickers<\/h4>\n<h4>What-the-heck a Baby Ruth<\/h4>\n<h4>All confiscated<\/h4>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13381\" src=\"https:\/\/momservations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/muffintops-300x223.jpeg\" alt=\"muffintops\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" \/>In the name of the tooth<\/h4>\n<h4>As I gnaw on the Twix<\/h4>\n<h4>Sugar Babies and Mounds<\/h4>\n<h4>I curse the beginning<\/h4>\n<h4>Of my holiday pounds<\/h4>\n<h4>And as I wrap up<\/h4>\n<h4>Each decoration put away<\/h4>\n<h4>Out comes another<\/h4>\n<h4>For Thanksgiving Day<\/h4>\n<h4>So I pop one more Smarties<\/h4>\n<h4>Ready to hurl<\/h4>\n<h4>I remind myself it\u2019s for<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13380\" src=\"https:\/\/momservations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Apple-Hill-L-W-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Apple Hill L &amp; W\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>A special boy and girl<\/h4>\n<h4>Then I self-medicate<\/h4>\n<h4>With a Reese\u2019s peanut butter cup<\/h4>\n<h4>Only 52 days until Christmas<\/h4>\n<h4><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13383 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/momservations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/christmas-emojis-150x81.jpg\" alt=\"christmas emojis\" width=\"150\" height=\"81\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>I\u2019m gonna throw up.<\/h4>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>#HalloweenHangover<\/h4>\n<p>\u00a9<strong>Kelli Wheeler 11\/08<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If candy can&#8217;t solve your problems, you&#8217;re not eating the right candy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[1502,191,2,1503,1504,1505,126,1506,86,3,5,28,1507,1361,169,1508],"class_list":["post-13374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parenting-humor-2","tag-52-days-to-christmas","tag-christmas","tag-family","tag-funny-halloween-poem","tag-funny-holiday-poem","tag-funny-poem","tag-halloween-candy","tag-halloween-hangover","tag-kelli-wheeler","tag-kids","tag-momservations","tag-parenting-humor","tag-post-halloween-depression","tag-teens","tag-thanksgiving","tag-the-after-halloween-let-down"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Medicating for Post-Halloween Depression - Kelli M. 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