I am still not used to the sensory assault of being at school. I wonder how long it shall take to reacclimatise. I suspect I must start afresh, as any previous strategies were based around obsessing over Bella, or before that, years of mentally deriding all and sundry whose thoughts entered my frame of awareness.

I can no longer allow myself to think of my schoolmates as so many turnips and potatoes. It simply will not do!

There are so many things with regards to which I must start totally from scratch. I am at a loss once again.

I shall speak with Esme about this I think, as I know she cares, even if she cannot understand first hand. Perhaps Alice or Jasper might have some advice, as they are both subject to similar daily assaults on their senses.

Next week it is Bella's birthday, I should like to get her a gift, but know that would be most inappropriate. At least I think it would. Perhaps I can bake her a cake though. That might please her.


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What kind of cake should Edward make for Bella?