perks of being a teacher

{insert another apology for horrible photography here} let's all just assume the deliciousness of my food is inversely proportional to the quality of the photography, ok? glad we can all agree on that. let me own the fact that i will never drop thousands of dollars on a camera and i can say that's the reason i won't ever have good pictures...here's the reality of the matter though: i am incredibly lazy. if i had a real camera i'd probably have to connect it to my computer to upload pictures and then i'd probably have to edit the pictures because that is what one does when one has a fancy camera and like i said: lazy. so take what you can get. 

this picture is particularly awful but i wanted to showcase the glory that is the layers of brownie and peanut butter amazingness that is happening here. from the top it doesn't look quite so weird and gross, right?

i'm bringing these down to richmond with me this weekend and it has been ALL i could do not to rip into these before i go. brownie on the bottom, peanut butter cups and peanuts in the middle, rice krispies on top mixed in a chocolate pb melty sauce? oh good lord i cannot wait to cut into these/potentially already cut out a few corner pieces to try. what? chelsie told me it would be okay and sort of decorative.  

i went on a date to chipotle with some students yesterday before an event we had at school. two of my sixth graders made it into a district-wide competition for cubes and square roots (wtf, i know, but i was proud anyway) so i wanted to treat them to a dinner beforehand as a congratulations/to try to help them cope with their extreme anxiety over performing in front of a crowd. not to mention that i really wanted chipotle and had to kill an hour and a half of time before the event started. i haven't had chipotle in FOREVER. tex and my fellow grad students used to go once a week back when we were in classes (in 2009-2010) and i think i totally od'd on it. tex still loves it and eats it probably once a week but i always refuse to go. well lately i've been craving it (i blame instagram) so i made it happen. i got my salad topped with chicken, black beans, fajita veggies and ALL OF THE SALSA. i shared chips and guac with the girls but to be frank, there wasn't a lot of sharing - i demolished most of the bag. tex would be proud. i guess chipotle will now be making its way back into the rotation of chain restaurants that we love to frequent. 

had to use the instagram filter on this one because it really looked kind of hideous without it. take a moment and imagine this picture looking worse (i know, hard to do). when i finally got home from the event last night i had my final quest bar - chocolate pb - heated up in the microwave and topped with skippy peanut butter. this was at the suggestion of sam and if i didn't love her enough already...well this just solidified it.  

and before i close up shop for the weekend let me just say: working at a school is truly a joy a lot of the time. i laugh at work more than most of you combined, i'd be willing to bet. there are definitely perks. something that is not one of those perks, however, is access to a clean and organized fridge wherein an employee can store their lunch. our fridge is really disgusting regularly but during science fair season? holy shit. what the hell is that? that's some type of science fair experiment i discovered on the top shelf of our fridge when i went to put my lunch in yesterday. i hope you're reading this while eating breakfast and that experiment involving tomato/lime/chocolate/sweet and sour sauce (this is my assumption based on appearance, though i'm not sure how this is rooted in any type of scientific inquiry) inspires you to try something new this morning. now, go to work and be thankful if you have a clear shelf to perch your lunch on. 

happy friday!

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