I need to hydrate more. That is a fact. It’s so good for the body in countless ways and I know this, but I just forget. I run on coffee and neglect to drink the purest cleansing tonic throughout the day until I’m parched and it’s too late. When I do drink water, I tend to chug bottled water. We get palettes of plastic bottled water and Pellegrino at Costco and I’m starting to have major water-bottle guilt. Our recycling bin outside is full of empty water bottles and cardboard amazon boxes. (I have yet to feel guilty about the boxes… Because convenience when you have kidlettes is priceless.)
I have decided that I need to be kinder to the environment. When my son graduated from preschool this year, I gifted S’well water bottles to his teachers. The cards read something like, “I think you’re S’well! Thank you for a great year.” Or something like that. I figured it was a good occasion to buy myself a ridiculously overpriced water bottle as well. I did it in hopes that the fancy reusable would remind me to drink more water and lessen the throw away bottles that in the end, contain water that is just water. I don’t think that alkaline electrolyte water is anything special is it? Whenever I pay $3.00 for a big bottle of fancy water, it doesn’t give me superpowers or anything. We have a filtered water dispenser on our fridge. Isn’t that enough? Does water have to be Fijian or enhanced in any way? I’m not a doctor but I believe tap water cleanses the kidneys and the skin just as purely as the overpriced stuff right? My younger kid was the damn Lorax for Halloween last year for Pete’s sake! I should look into being more green.
-K
