Scores and Full Buckets

At my school, this week is "World Languages Week." On Thursday (today) everyone brings a dish from the country of the language that they're taking in school. We all eat lunch in the atrium and try all different kinds of food - and we usually eat a lot of chips. It's very fun. I brought the compost bucket into the room so people could compost their leftovers (which there are usually quite a few of since everyone doesn't like everything). Did I tell you that I started a compost program at our school? I don't think so...well, I spearheaded that project anyway, and everyday after lunch I get the bucket of compost and dump it into the bin outside. However, usually there are only a few things in it...on a good day, the bucket may be only about a fourth or a fifth full.

But today! It was full to the brim! And it didn't look so disgusting because there were a ton of chips on the top. There's something about full buckets...and dumping out a full bucket...of anything, that's just so satisfying. Accomplished. Finished. Complete.

Today was also the day that the SAT scores were posted online. I checked them during school...and let me just say that my stomach has been doing a victory dance ever since I saw those three sets of three little numbers. I can't believe it.

Numbers control a large part of our life actually: they could determine what college you go to, whether you go to war, what things you're allowed to do, depending on age, grade, height, etc...what food or clothes or house or furniture you can buy...whether a recipe goes right or wrong!

I forgot to bring home my math book today, and we have a test tomorrow.

I'm making brownies tonight...I think. Vegan, gluten-free, and sugar-free (don't worry, there are much better sweeteners in them instead of sugar), might I add.