::A Geek in Korea::

I can not, for the life of me, remember the first time I got introduced to Gummy Bears. I remember my father buying us various "Gummy" candies and hiding them from my brother an I on a high shelf. We got them as rewards when we were well behaved at dinner. They were usually stale by the time we finished a package.
There was some sort of addiction hidden in those short stubby limbs and blank gummy eyes, as I’ve been an uncontrollable gummy eating freak. I don’t chew gum anymore, never dug on chocolate that much, and don’t eat much other confectionery, but gummy candies are still something I like to munch on from time to time.

At Costco, there are gigantic bags of Gummy Bears. A single bag of gummy bears containing enough sugar to rot teeth by simply staring at it’s neon colors for too long. Extreme Bulk Gummy. We purchased a bag once, and my wife hid the bag from me in the house to prevent some sort of bear overdose while she was away from the source. I was actually lucky, as they weren’t all that good a brand and I had no desire to track them down while my wife was out of the house. She would simply leave a container for me near the computer when I would write, and I would eat them absentmindedly. When I finished off the bag, we didn’t talk about repurchasing it. Too much of a good thing I suppose, but my gummy urge had faded for the time.

The last time I went to Costco, we didn’t go down the candy aisle, but we ran into Gummy Bears just the same. This time they were in the vitamin and supplement aisle. Gummy Bear Vitamins! I jokingly suggested that I should get these vitamins for a health supplement. We didn’t buy them at the time, and I quickly forgot about them.

Last week my wife had vacation time while i had to work. I came home to discover she had purchased the Gummy vitamins for me. Now they sit on my desk, mocking me. Since they are vitamins, I can’t just eat as many as I want. The dosage for small children is 1-2 bears a day, but I’ve been getting away with limiting myself to something around four a day. Two after breakfast and dinner. However, these vitamin gummy bears actually taste better than the bulk gummy bears we purchased earlier.

The feat of keeping myself away from the gummy bears is a test of will. My wife could hide them again, but then it would be silly and annoying to eat them since she doesn’t want to get them out twice a day for me. I’m also tall enough to reach any high ledge in  the house. I’ll have to just keep my desire under control and try to prevent a vitamin gummy overdose.