I've been working hard this weekend, trying to queue up some posts in the event that my dad doesn't find work and I am unable to maintain the internet and what not. So, forgive any errors on this post or my Caraval tag. I've tried to edit out what I could to keep things neat and coherent, but I'm still me and that means I'm a mess.

This week's topic got another facelift, solely so I could explore it with more context relating to me while still remaining on topic with the general theme of things: Outrageous Things I’ve Done for the Love of Books is now Books I Skipped Lunch for in My Teens--because I was #THATBITCH. I mean, that's a total compliment.

What better reason to skip lunch for than a new book?

Let's get to context.

So, all throughout middle school and high school, our lunch cost was pretty much the same. $6 would cover the standard hot meal and a drink. The lines were separated by two: hot and cold. For the hot, we had your usual school lunches and the "cold" line had soup or salad with a sandwich which was somewhere around $4.

It wasn't long before I raised a question and deal with my parents: I get the cheaper lunch, do all the things a Good Teen should (I.E., chores and homework) and I get to keep the change. Or, I skip out on getting a school lunch every now and then and save up the money for books. Sometimes this didn't always work out (see: me not responding well to criticism and authority in class) but when it did, BOY DID IT WORK OUT!

As for the skipping lunch part--sometimes I did accidentally skip lunch while reading the books I did snag from time to time. While it's not legitimate skipping, I still skipped out on eating said lunch. The good news is, the food didn't go to waste: my friend would just help himself. And I got a little extra reading time.