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" I felt like I died a little inside"..

No, this was not uttered by a famous poet or writer; instead my fifteen year old daughter, Sarah, uttered these words to me the other night...

Instead of coming home on the van, like she is supposed to, she decided to stay after school for some event. Only problem was, she neglected to call me and tell me so. I drove around the area for the better part of an hour waiting for the call to pick her up from the usual van drop, and finally called the van driver at home, only to be told she was at some school event.

As the hours ticked by, I got angrier and angrier...until about 8:30pm or so when I finally received the phone call:

Sarah: " Mom, I am sooo sorry..like I totally forgot and it was school wide volleyball game and I was on the yellow team and we won..

Me: " You know I was worried and I drove around for an hour looking for you?"

Sarah: " Yes, Mommy I know and I am so sorry and I hurt you so much and I feel like I died a little inside for being so cruel.."

Me: "We will talk about this when you get home.."

Died a little inside, huh? Even for Sarah, that was original and amusing enough, I should add, that she escaped punishment...this time...

Keep them guessing...

Talking about chocolate..

Yesterday, at the Palisades Mall, they had the Second Annual Chocolate Expo, a benefit for camp Venture here in Rockland County, NY. My sister Jaymie and I went and we are now sorry we missed the First Annual Chocolate Festival Last year!

Chocolate everywhere and in whatever form you wanted! After about ten minutes we stumbled upon the most delicious chocolate covered strawberries for one dollar from Edible Arrangements; by far one of the best items I had the pleasure of tasting. Almost every booth had generous samples handled in the most hygienic of ways, and people were actually polite! There were two other rooms of vendors selling wine ( I bought some Blackberry Merlot for Passover), sauces, dips, soups.....midway through the expo Jaymie and I started having a hard time being able to continue to look at the chocolate, much less taste any samples. While there, Jaymie signed up to be a " Viva Diva", earning herself a reusable purple tote and fifty entries into their current sweepstakes. Nice score, Jaymie! ( I myself, of course, already was a " Viva Diva").

The only thing I could not figure out was how Jaymie ended this chocolate round the world tour with a kosher pickle on a stick. I know....I still don't get it either.

Anybody out there who has some chocolate they are not currently using, feel free to send it my way:)