It was a day of grading yesterday. I got caught up, so I’m glad about that.
After I finished, I stopped at the grocery store for some milk. I was Shopping Hungry. I ended up buying some ice cream, which isn’t a normal purchase for me.
I did successfully resist a more unusual temptation though-
I have not regularly eaten breakfast cereal for years now. Just recently I saw a commercial for strawberry Frosted Flakes. It sounds like exactly the kind of thing I would love in cereal. Mmmm…artificial strawberry flavor… And there it was, right in front of me…
But I didn’t get it. Cereal has so much sugar in it. So… much… sugar… Must… not… start eating it… again…
Yesterday, one of my coworkers brought me some cranberry bread that her husband made. It reminded me of Lauren’s, so I had to take a picture:
It was delicious.
For lunch, I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I wasn’t paying attention when I bought the “jelly” part. I usually buy jam, but this time I accidentally got preserves. One of the chunky strawberry pieces fell out onto my chair armrest, and I put my elbow on it. D’oh! I was wearing a new jacket! When I went to look at it, I saw the seam had also split. Double D’oh!
At my church’s Carols and Cocoa event on Wednesday, I was talking with a church member about tamales. It’s what I order from Mexican food restaurants. I like them a lot. They taste like comfort food. Mmm…
The church member said the tamales she makes are a little different from what I usually eat – she wraps them in banana leaves instead of corn leaves, and the outer part of the tamale is wetter. I was intrigued.
Right at the end of school yesterday, the woman walked into my classroom carrying a bag. It had two of her tamales in it! Wow! I made such a weird noise, the kids all turned to look at me. But it really made my day – I was tired and grumpy, and then this wonderful woman brought me homemade tamales.
I ate one last night. It was delicious, and it did indeed taste like comfort.
The last time I went to grocery store, I was shopping hungry, so I got some cookies. I love cookies.
On a whim, I got store brand cookies that resembled Girl Scout Thin Mints.
Oh. My. Gosh! They were so good! They reminded me of what Girl Scout Thin Mints used to be like – the cookie is substantial and big, the chocolate is thick and silky and minty. Mmmm….
On the grocery shelf next to these cookies were other store-brand cookies resembling other varieties of Girl Scout cookies. Maybe I should go back …or maybe I shouldn’t. I could eat a LOT of cookies.
Today and tomorrow are half days at school so we can do parent/teacher conferences. Since yesterday was the last whole day before Thanksgiving (we have the whole week off next week because of our Lutheran Educator Conference), the kindergarteners had their Thanksgiving Feast. And since the eighth graders are chapel buddies with the kindergarteners, they got invited to the feast. It was so fun!
There was stuff to do on the tables before everyone got their food:
There was an amazing Fruit Turkey:
And there was so much good food! (The parents assured me that the dinosaur nuggets were made from real dinosaur meat)
Afterward, we went out to play on the playground with our buddies. Much fun was had by all.
The school day ended up being very busy. I collapsed into my desk chair after school and fell asleep. I woke with little time to spare before my second Thanksgiving Feast of the day – this time with the Middle School Youth Group from church.
I should have taken a picture of the dessert selections. They were all brought by the kids. There were SO many good things!
After eating, we did a service project. Each year, the church and school collects leftover Halloween candy to be distributed to veterans. It’s called Treats for Troops. The youth group kids bagged the candy in sandwich bags so it could be taken to the distribution place. It was chaotic and fun.
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