When I was visiting my daughter in Portland last week, she was acting a little cranky on our way to dinner one night – a characteristic she obviously inherited from her mother. As soon as she got some food into her, though, she was laughing and sharing stories and was back to her delightful self.
“Amazing what a couple of pieces of bread can do,” I marveled.
“My fed self is my true self,” she proclaimed.
Sara is very profound.
When I got back to San Diego, I received this adorable lunchbox, above, from my good friends at Kimpton. I’m hoping it’s just a coincidence, and that we didn’t snap at anyone while we were our non-fed selves.
Because, unfortunately, that’s entirely possible.
My friend, Janet, and I used to go out to lunch together all the time before she got a full-time job and ruined our playtime. If we weren’t in our seats and served by noon, well, watch out.
I remember walking into our favorite sandwich place one day and, for some reason, it was already late. When the nice woman behind the counter asked us how our day was going, we almost bit her head off, saying, “We’re sorry but we’re starving so please just take our order and we’ll be happy to talk to you later.”
My husband and kids know that the day can’t start until I’ve had my iced tea.
And I always eat before flying. Always.
A few years ago, before we flew to Las Vegas, I wolfed down my Trenta-sized iced tea and a big, fat muffin at the airport Starbucks and suggested to Michael that he do the same.
He, of course, pooh-poohed the idea, reminding me it was only an hour flight.
“Suit yourself,” my true, fed self said, sweetly.
Three hours later, after the plane had been forced to make a “quick” stop in Reno before endlessly circling the Las Vegas airport and the flight attendants had given out every last peanut they had managed to scrounge up – this was supposed to be a short flight and they had been planning to stock up when they landed so they were pretty much out of everything – Michael was very very hangry.
It was a good thing we were landing in Las Vegas, the land of buffets. Michael made up for lost time and I re-fueled since it had been hours since my last meal.
We then headed over to the blackjack table, where our losses were compensated with complimentary snacks and drinks. Apparently, they don’t want hangry people in the casinos so they make sure your blood sugar level never gets as low as your funds.
I guess there’s a reason “food” rhymes with “mood.”
In fact, I’m convinced Attila the Hun was really supposed to be named Attila the Hungry but went off the deep end because he was too famished to wait for even more syllable.
I can totally rel …
(stomach grumbling, rumbling, grumbling)
(15 minutes later)
ATE!
That is the best lunchbox I have ever seen. Ever. I am a huge offender of getting super hangry!!
That’s so funny…my daughter and I use the term hangry all the time. And I always, always have snacks!
We have to have our snacks. Many times a day or else we get very hangry and may eat someones hand off.
My whole family can get pretty hangry. We have to make sure we’re all well fed before any sort of trip or get together!
This post made me hungry! I get “hangry” all the time. Need to keep snacks and drinks with me at all times. My son gets it too!
Oh, yeah! I totally get this. I must have three meals a day, with a morning and afternoon snack. Regardless of schedule. If I don’t have it, I’m moody, cranky, bitchy. My husband does NOT get that; he can go all day without eating anything but M&Ms and still be Mr. Nice Guy.
Gotta run… time for afternoon snack!
When my husband and I were dating we had a joke, we would be ok as long as we had snacks;)
I had to laugh at “hangry.” And yes, I have been there, but with all the snacking I do it happens rarely. I should probably be hangrier than I am. Love Sara’s profound statement!
Gary always has plastic bags of nuts and raisins around in his car and now it’s caught on with me. Eating small amounts all day. Of course my portions are larger than his. And, of course, some of what I eat in between my in betweens are not like his either. Oh, well. Send me that lunchbox! How awesome.
For me it’s my iced coffee! What a cute lunchbox.
I totally feel you. Hubby knows when I am getting the hungry grumpy look… that is when he rushes to have us eat. LOL
Love this post. I resemble these remarks! And, my kids are the same way…
I’ve made sure to bring food along when I travel ever since I was stuck for 8 hours on a snow-bound Amtrak train in upstate New York that had broken down. They immediately ran out of food and I was stranded for hours with a train-ful of very hangry people.
That is hilarious! My husband knows when I haven’t eaten. Truly does make you cranky! Good tip about eating before flying.
This is something my daughter Sarah is notorious for!
I love it! I’m exactly the same way as your daughter. I can’t function very well or be tolerable unless I’ve had some kind of food in my tummy.
This is so funny – hangry is one of my favorite words! I just wish my husband would catch on. He takes things so personally, when all he really needs to do is feed me!
Totally love that lunchbox!
This post made me smile. I am glad I read it, thank you.
I’m not good with ‘hangry’…
Foodie changes my moodie 😉
Your post stuck with me. I keep thinking about the “hangry” … the word will now be following me EVERYWHERE I go 🙂
EL
This is to funny! I’m the type of person to get “hangry” but this is the first time I’ve heard of this term! Glad there’s a name for it!
Hahaha! I know how that goes. My husband is worse than I am when he’s hungry, but oh man. Don’t mess with me when I haven’t eaten in 8 hours.
It took me years to realize that sometimes my moods were a direct result of being hungry. Funny how sometimes you don’t feel hungry but your body tells you in other ways. – Katy
I never thought about why food rhymes with mood! I just love that revelation!
I have to admit I’m hangry more often than not LOL! What a fun lunchbox! Kimpton hotels are the best 🙂
Amen! I am the same way!
First of all, that’s a hilarious lunch box. Second of all, being hangry sucks!
I turn into a real monster when i do not eat. I “get” this word all the way!
I love that lunch box. Such a true statement.
Next time you come to Las Vegas we have to play, OK?
And I am always hangry
The opening photo brought a smile to my face. Great post.
I love that word….I saw it recently and lol’ed big time. Great post. Thanks for sharing.
As we say in our famiglia–Mangia! It’s a tradition! And one we embrace.
Hangry!!! I love it, and there is no doubt that it is true. My husband and I just had this conversation. Something came up and we were going to run an errand, but it all came about earlier than I anticipated and I didn’t have time to eat. I told my husband that it was alright, and I would eat when we got back. He, without hesitation, said “No way, I’ve seen you when you need to eat!” I had a nice lunch before we left, and all went well. 😀
Ha ha! Moral of the story: Always eat first!
I’m hypoglycemic, so I really do get hangry if I don’t eat every 3 hours or so. Lesson learned about eating before flying (or at least know to bring a power bar).
I’m such a huge fan of the portmanteau! They always make me grin when I read them. I’ve been known to create a few myself lol. Hangry is in my top 10 for sure!