When I was in school, we had a cafeteria dish that we called, "Beef and Barf." Everyone moaned on Beef and Barf days. Last week, Colin had a Beef and Barf day.
At JDL, lunch is serious business. They want to ensure that the students are getting enough nutrition, and therefore don't allow them to head to recess until the "Lunch Ladies" have given them the green light.
One day, JDL served fried fish which didn't exactly make Colin's Top 10 list this year. He generally does a pretty good job of eating what's given to him, and according to his version of this story, he had eaten 'quite a bit' of the fish. So, he attempted to get up from the table and go to the playground. All his soccer buddies had already finished their grub and were also on their way out.
In comes Lunch Lady, Numero Uno. She told Colin to sit down since he hadn't had enough of his fish. Colin took a few more bites and then made another attempt to depart. Numero Uno put the kibosh on Colin again. Colin took a few more bites. Then, Numero Uno went on break, but before she left, she told Lunch Lady Numero Dos to 'keep an eye on that American kid.' Third try and Numero Dos sits Colin back down. Colin decides to do the 'cut and shuffle' with his fish. Apparently, that was enough to finally pass inspection. Colin couldn't believe that
he had actually missed 15 minutes of his 1.5 hours of lunch/recess break.
The Lunch Ladies may get him above 70 pounds before they are done with him this year.
Celia,
ReplyDeleteI had misplaced your blog info. for a few weeks until today-- it was great to catch up on your travels and school time. The school sounds good overall (despite mean lunch lady!). We miss you!
Lauren