Chocolate A Tranquiliser

Kajitsu,

I have given up chocolate. Starting Sunday night. I forgot to mention. But it seems to already be taking its toll. My mood swings are getting worse - I get moody, clumsy and grouchy, then all of a sudden I feel lovely and warm. I didn't notice, but chocolate seems to be everywhere. Advertisements on TV, outside the local shop, not to mention the rows and rows of it inside. Even empty boxes and wrappers splayed out on the street covered in mud or blowing on the wind. But it seems to make people calm. Easygoing, sociable, peaceful - stronger and braver. I guess I'm thankful for its existance. I was going to go across the beach today because of the good weather and clear blue skies but the waves were really strong. The birds have been going beserk all day. This morning there were gulls and magpies and countless other birds creating a racket and darting around like it was the end of the world. The pidgeons were the same. I had a short encounter with the robin I'd been feeding oats in the mornings up to school last Autumn - I can't be sure it was always the same one, but I think it'll be the last I see of it until next year. Come to think of it, it won't be long until I catch the first sightings of frogspawn, tadpoles, frogs and daffodils - this year is rushing by, and knocking me down just as I begin to try and pick myself up.

Lady Solacia x