Day 5

Last night was the big season premiere of American Idol and Jeff and I and our friend Dave settled in to watch. We got our friend Pastor Brad hooked in on speed dial for the festivities, too as we delight in calling him to mock bad singers. I made healthy veggie burritos on wheat tortillas with brown rice, fat free refried beans, and was so pleased with myself. However, I left the room for about 3 minutes and when I came back Jeff and David had found the bag of leftover Christmas chocolate that I thought I had hidden... There it was, on the footstool, all 8 pounds of it calling to me, and the two of them had a pile of empty wrappers and big smiles on their faces, and the aroma of chocolate filled my living room. I told them I didn't like them and went and got myself a bowl of pineapple chunks in their own juice and fat free cottage cheese. Tasty, but not chocolate.