Lunch, or the lack thereof

Basically the most interesting thing that happened today was that I ate lunch.

Because I usually don’t.

You see, I’m pretty sure I can’t get a pass to eat in class when they see I have two free periods, both of them potential lunch periods. But I need my free periods for other things! You can’t eat while you’re in the library. You can’t eat while practicing piano. And you can’t play piano or work very well in the cafeteria or Activities.

So there you have it: me not eating lunch at school for two years.  And being incredibly productive instead.

And all that was fine and dandy, because I would eat a large breakfast and an even larger (and early) dinner, and many days I wouldn’t even get hungry at school. Okay, actually, I would definitely get hungry, but not overly so.

Until yesterday.

For no good reason, I was unusually hungry yesterday by around 7th or 8th periods. I was so hungry I was having serious issues forming coherent thoughts. My brain took absolutely no interest in nullification or integration or anything else my teachers hoped it would absorb, beyond a cursory “But is it edible?” examination. And while integration is an invaluable tool for very many things, supplying nutrients to my body is not one of them.

It was then that I realized that very high on my list of “Things I Never Want to Do” was “Starve to death in calculus class”.

Ergo: lunch today.

Tags: hunger, lunch