Not boring at all. I hung on every word. You are a talented writer.
As far as the headaches go, you might drop by a drug store and pick up a roll of glucose tablets (about $1.50 or so) if you don't have any on hand. Check your candies to see how many grams of Sugar they contain, and eat that many grams of glucose. If you still get the headache, it's the Sugar that's the cause, not chemicals...