Wednesday, September 7 was a very good day!

It’s incredible how the promise of a free lunch lightens the mood campus wide, and today was one of 2 days a school year we get lunch provided for us!

Cafeteria food is way worse as a teacher then I ever remember it being as a kid, and my friends and I complained about it as kids. Personally, I would rather go without lunch then eat what they are serving for hot lunch at school. This is a widely shared opinion among my colleagues. So every morning, just like from day 1 in kindergarten decades ago, I take my packed lunch box to school.

Not Today! Today when the lunch bell rang, there was an audible rush to the teachers work room where we laughed as we piled our plates with hot food that we didn’t make, pack, and didn’t come out of the cafeteria. Today is also 1 of 2 safe days a year to spend lunch in the teachers’ break room. No one ever seems to be grumpy today!

Teaching went fine today. Learning happened and yadda yadda. Oh, an no one threw up. But to me, that isn’t nearly as interesting or fun as Free Lunch! Now I am off to prep for tomorrow.