you know how on some people's birthdays, their friends wake them up at 9 to start drinking and they are drunk the entire day? well, my style is more like this: my friends wake me up at 7:30 and shove chocolate down my throat. now that's a birthday celebration :)
this morning, before kate and meredith went to class, we had a breakfast of chocolate cake, hot chocolate, and leftover belgian chocolates. thankfully we also had oranges to cleanse our palate, but we couldn't touch the chocolate-covered biscuits and chocolate muffins. we were literally choking on chocolate and it was the first time ever that i haven't been able to finish a piece of cake. sounds pleasant, right? i'm sure you really want to go and drink hot fudge right now.
i never realized the parallels between chocolate and alcohol before. you can eat it in excess, it can make you sick, it's addictive, and it gives you a strange buzz. i tried going back to sleep after breakfast and my body was vibrating from all the sugar. right now the thought of chocolate is making me queasy (as i'm sure it is for you as well), but of course i'll be getting wasted off it all day. now i sort of understand why people get drunk on their birthdays. it's the only day of the year where you are totally special and can do whatever you want. yay! happy birthday to me!