I need chocolate on a daily basis or I get pretty grumpy.  And after learning the hard way in China, I now bring my own chocolate supply whenever I’m leaving the Western world.  For this trip, I brought a bag of Dove minis.  Highly recommended if you’ve never tried them.  The only issue I have with them is that they have these stupid promises on the inside of the wrapper…kind of like the Snapple facts, but instead of being quirky conversation starters, the promises are rather tragic sounding and for no real reason, make me painfully aware of the fact that I’m now old enough to be in the target demo for the Hallmark channel.  

And like how some people read fortune cookie fortunes out loud and add “…in the bedroom!” at the end, I’ve taken to reading these promises out loud to Leila and adding “, Fat Girl!” at the end because it feels appropriate…and also we don’t watch TV here so this counts for decent entertainment.  This promise seemed even more tragic than the others I’ve read.  I feel like it probably should have read “Carve out a little moment for yourself today, Fat Girl.  Or maybe a big moment, just to be sure it fits,” but that wouldn’t all fit on the mini foil.  

In related news, I’m almost done with the Doves and am counting on Morocco to have some reinforcements.  I hope I’m not let down.