Ooops, I did it again!

First of all, Brandis is mean. Look what she posted to my Facebook profile:

Is this fair?? I feel like there should be rules against this type of behavior. Maybe I should just step up my game and mail her a king-sized Hershey bar.

Secondly, I am so dumb. This post is not about Brittney Spears, but I did it again, y'all.

Today after church, my small group met for lunch. It was our turn to provide lunch, so we made baked spaghetti and bought bread and chocolate chip cookies. I filled my plate really full of spaghetti, ate it all, and went back for seconds. I put two cookies on my plate.

After I took a bite of about 1/3 of the cookie, Eli gave me a funny look. I thought he was trying to criticize me for having too many cookies. In my mind I thought, But I'm only eating two! Usually I eat way more! Then I realized what I had done.

And right then and there, in the middle of a deep discussion of the spiritual implications of the message that morning, I went to the bathroom and spit out the cookie into a napkin.

Honestly, the hardest part for me of this whole challenge is remembering not to eat chocolate!

Lastly, I think Brandis and I need to be more up front about the rules. At the beginning of this challenge, Brandis requested that she still be able to enjoy her morning chocolate shake. She has some kind of breakfast drink that she mixes with chocolate ice cream. I was okay with that, so we decided that I'm allowed to have hot chocolate as a concession to me. So this challenge is almost 100% chocolate free. And, for the record, I have not had any hot chocolate since we began. But I don't think Brandis could say the same of her morning shakes.

The Prize

I think the winner of this competition should get the car.

Except I think dark chocolate is gross. If I win, I get a milk chocolate car.

4 ton chocolate car

At the gym this evening I watched a news segment about a 4 ton dark chocolate car in China that is being used to promote a chocolate theme park to open this month in Beijing. My question is, who gets this car when the promotion is over? I hear dark chocolate has many healthy benefits. For one it keeps blood pressure down.

Grandpa Goes to the Dark Side

Today I visited my Memaw in the nursing home. She was just admitted last Friday to do rehab until she strengthens her heart.

After lunch, my grandpa called to tell me he was on his way and to check in. Before he hung up the phone, he asked, "Do you like chocolate Sundaes?"

Do I like chocolate Sundays?

For the record, I'm still in this game. I turned him down and tried really hard not to drool when they both ate a big one right in front of me.

Do Dreams Count?

Last night I dreamed of my long lost love.

I dreamed I was eating granola that had smashed up chocolate bars mixed in. Then I realized there was chocolate in it, and I was devastated. I was so upset for losing the challenge.

I come away from this dream with two facts:

1. I love chocolate more than I even knew

2. My subconscious was disappointed in losing to Brandis, so I'm more competitive in this race than I even knew

I wonder whether my love for chocolate or my competitive streak will run out first... any guesses? Any bets?

"life of chocolate"

That is what the church sign said as I was running to the gym yesterday evening. My first thought was, "what does that mean. It doesn't even make sense?" My second thought was, "chocolate." I haven't had a bag of m&ms or a Hershey nugget in 4 days. I've watched the bowl in the office be refilled with mixed chocolates and thought to myself "Why does my company offer the perk of FREE CANDY!!! WHY WHY WHY??" It is just not fair. I can't handle this temptation! Today was hard. I was bored at work, it was thundering and cozy, and the only thing that would have made my day better would haven been a delicious milk chocolate nugget...just one. But I didn't have just one....I had none! I'm awesome.

McDonald's Attempt at Sabotage

This morning as I drove to nanny for my cousin, I got halfway there before realizing I left about ten minutes early. I used this opportunity to drive through McDonalds and order my favorite breakfast: hotcakes with sausage and two milks. I even through in a sausage egg and cheese biscuit to satisfy my raging appetite and love of all breakfast foods.

As I pulled out of the parking lot, a commercial came on the radio. It was a McDonald's commercial. Its first words were something like, "What if it snowed chocolate?" It went on to describe mouth-watering deliciously chocolate things I dream of, but I can't remember the details because I was drooling too much to take note.

McDonald's, you are no match for me. Your commercial might make me drool, but I'll do anything to beat Brandis!

See a similarly designed commercial from aforementioned fast food sabotager below: