on thursday i was supposed to meet one of the girls i visit teach for a lunch visiting-teaching appointment. i have been brown-bagging lunch recently, but because we were going out, i didn't bring lunch ... well, my girl had to cancel last minute, at which point i didn't really feel like going out to lunch all by myself. so i thought, "well, if i just work straight through lunchtime, then maybe i can get out of the office early today." i wasn't super hungry anyway, so yeah.
at about 230 i just wanted something to chew, so i went up to the vending machine. lots of fun snacks there! cookies, candy, chips, gum, more candy, more cookies ... lots of chocolate. but i'm not allowed to buy chocolate. :S so i started crossing things off the list of options. as i stood there, i was getting more and more hungry. so i figured i better get something with a little substance. well, cookies are good -- wait, those are chocolate chip cookies -- nevermind, can't get those. umm, chips are good. okay. what else? ooo! a snickers! "snickers satisfies!" yay!
well, $1.50 and a half hour later, i was satisfied. :)
mmm. really enjoyed that snickers. haven't had a snickers in a long time. mmm ... wait a minute ... snickers is chocolate!! argh!!
confessions of a chocolate lover:
at this time, i must confess that since february i have had a few breeches in my chocolate-purchasing-ban.
- april 9 -- mcdonald's hot fudge sundae
- june 1 -- starbuck's hot chocolate
- august 16 -- snickers candy bar
the stories behind each of these offenses are similar to the one related above -- by definition lapses in judgement. aside from these minor mistakes, though, i have remained compliant with the rules set forth. that's 6½ months of not buying any chocolate for myself ... more than half-way there!
2 comments:
this is the first i've heard about your chocolate ban. i think it's a little CRAZY, but i just hope that it means you're getting lots of chocolate gifted to you :)
this is a delayed reaction...but more like how do YOU know about "iowa?" i love dar williams so much. do you listen to her other music as well? anyway, here's hoping that you get a chance to drive across iowa and listen to dar soon! (hopefully while eating a king-sized snickers bar that someone gave you as a present)
yes, life has been rough without chocolate ... ha ha! ... actually, i am surprised how often i have the chance to eat chocolate that i haven't purchased. and, actually, there is still a huge stash hoarded up in my room -- pretty amazing considering that i haven't purchased new provisions in months! :)
as far as iowa ... i had a roommate who was completely in love with all kinds of music, and she introduced me to dar williams's. we used to listen to one of her cd's all the time. but we'd always end up with iowa on repeat. it was fabulous. good times, good times.
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