Salad? What salad?

This meal was actually pretty good, but there's something missing.

Let me re-phrase that: This meal was actually pretty good, because there's something missing.

Can you tell what that would be?

Let me tell you: The salad.

You see, as soon as I grabbed the salad, I knew that I had made a mistake.

That's why I almost immediately gave it to the school nurse, who happened to be in line right behind me.

I did ask her if she wanted it, but I plopped it down on her tray before she had time to reply. Since she didn't put up a fight, I figured she either agreed to take it or somehow didn't notice my sleight of hand.

What else is funny is that the nurse seemed highly concerned with the fact that I put my bread (that oversized hamburger bun) directly on my tray rather than using (i.e., wasting) a plate for the same purpose. I told her I didn't use a plate because that was a waste, but her reaction indicated to me that she did not agree. That's really a shame, but I'm used that nonchalant attitude toward waste around here.

Anyway, like I said, minus the salad, this turned out to be a good meal.

I did get something strange in my pumpkin soup that tasted a bit like mochi, but I think it was actually a clump of powder or something similar to that. At least that's what some kids seemed to say it was.

For the most part, though, the bread and soup combo was pretty tasty, and I even had seconds.

By the way, there's one more thing missing: the dessert. It's missing because I didn't even notice that it was being served. No worries, though, since it has to be one of the world's worst desserts, also known as "zeri" (which is kind of like Jell-O, but much, much worse).

Total points: 6