Chillies

[raven]

I haven't been eating much lately. Drama and French conversation mean I have to eat sandwiches three times a week anyway, and I don't go in for lunch in a big way, I don't eat breakfast, and recently I haven't been eating in the evening, either. Part of it's just seasonal, I guess - I go through phases of eating next to nothing - but at least part of the mystery has been solved. My mother has opened a new packet of chillies, she says. Well, upon closer inspection, they seem to be twice as potent as the regular variety, and of course she's been throwing handfuls of them into everything as usual. I'm conditioned to be able to take a certain amount of jaal, but even I don't appreciate having everything twice as hot. This of course explains why I haven't been eating - I can't cope with the assault on my senses!