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Monday, December 08, 2003
 | Christmas Goodies and the Health Food Junkie
I'm not really a health food junkie, but stress, poor diet, and lack of sleep have made me so highly allergic to stuff I used to shrug off that I am now on the wagon of food sensitivity dieting. No coffee any more, no wheat, very little meat, no sweets, and (oh the pain of it all!) no chocolate. So of course this is the month at work when everybody brings in loads of thick pastries crusted with sugar swirls, bowls of foil wrapped chocolates, pyramids of Reeses cups, and endless confections. |
Today, our training coordinator walked around passing out Herhsey's kisses to everybody. I thanked her and set mine on my desk. Two minutes later, Joadster, my friend from a previous job, came to my cubicle, hand out. "It's such a shame you can't eat chocolate---" she began. I passed the kiss into her open palm. "Take it. Thanks for your sympathy."
She feigned delighted surprise. "Oh why thank you!" Later, she offered me her applesauce, but I declined.
