So I'm in the process of going through my apartment and throwing out the items that I don't want and boxing up the items I do want in preparation for a planned move next month and I just can't get my mind around the amount of chocolate that I'm finding. EVERYWHERE. Because I consider a tiny amount to be a proper serving (a little chocolate goes a long way) I have a huge number of partially eaten chocolate bars all over the place. I had a bunch in a bag on my desk (for munching while on the computer), maybe ten in a drawer in the kitchen, another few in a bowl on the kitchen counter, and a couple just laying on the counter hiding under the chaos that ensues when preparing to move. I have nearly as many half-finished bars as I do whole bars!

And that's another problem. I have so many bars begging for my attention but I'm spending most of my spare time boxing up my life (and throwing away the bits that aren't worth moving). When I reach a stopping point I'll crash with a little chocolate that I have trouble enjoying because the rabbit, possessed of a sweet tooth even worse than mine, jumps in my lap to try and get a taste. God forbid I eat something sweet and not share, but I can't share the chocolate because it's bad for her. She has to settle for a raisin. But the end effect is that I get a bite or two of chocolate before I have to put it aside again. I'm just not getting my normal chocolate intake and it's making it hard to blog.

I do, however, have ample opportunity to savor a little chocolate while I'm at work. It isn't the best environment for reviewing chocolate since I don't have the luxury of sitting back and writing down my thoughts like I would at home, but it does allow me to get some chocolate in me and there is always a lot of chocolate out there to try. It's just more likely to be candy or what the grocery store near work tends to think of as quality chocolate. It may not be the best chocolate in the world but I do get to try new things like the Hershey's Cacao Reserve. It's not Valrhona, but it's certainly better than I used to expect from Hershey.

So things are likely to be slow around here for a bit, though I do have a few things in the works. It's also getting close to Easter and that means I have some holiday-related business to take care of.