Lunch Time!

I'm a very habitual person. I've got my routine and I like to stick to it, and my lunch while at work and when I was at school was no exception. Everyday I make my bagged lunch I make the exact same thing (weekends are whatever I feel like).

• One chicken cold-cut sandwich on white bread
  
• Crackers (usually Ritz or Bretons)
  
• Four Oreo cookies
  
• One Harvest Valley Granola bar
  
• One Apple Juice drink box
  

I used to also bring a Granny Smith apple but I have bad arthritis in my jaw and I'm not supposed to eat apples.... I could bring a knife to cut it with but that's too much hassle.

Now there are reasons for my lunch ingredients. Oreos are a hardy cookie and don't break or crumble easily. Apple juice is one of the few juices I don't mind drinking warm since I don't always get to store my lunch in a fridge (I know I know - bring on the jokes about the other warm liquid that's the same colour). The sandwich I can make quickly and I find it tasty despite its simplicity. I don't tend to leave myself a lot of time between waking up and catching the bus in the morning.

This is a lunch I've made for a very long time. I don't think it's changed much since I started making my own lunches way back when. Most people wonder how I don't get bored of the same thing. Well it's just lunch to me. I'm eating it to stop my tummy from rumbling and this is my tried and true method. It works. If I have something different for lunch while at work, I'm usually thrown off a bit for the afternoon. So why re-invent the wheel?

I also eat my lunch at my desk. My dad used to work here at the same office as me so I never wanted to eat lunch in the lunch room with him and all his friends. I didn't want to hear the same jokes I've heard for 25 yrs and I didn't want to be the brunt of some of those jokes. Don't get me wrong, he's a really likeable, friendly guy it's just.... well... he's my dad. He's retired now, but I've come to enjoy a quiet lunch so I still eat at my desk. I get an hour so I eat and read and then I'll usually go for a walk outside. Sometimes I'll walk around the practically empty mall but I have to watch where I go otherwise I'll come home with a DVD or two (my current weakness). Sometimes one of the other tech guys will walk with me, but usually I'm on my own. Often I wish I had a friend at another office here downtown that I could have lunch dates with. Oh well. I'm not complaining. I'm sure some day I'll find a regular walking buddy.

Have a nice lunch. ;)
Matthew.