Raisin Bread and Impulse Buys

Today was a Monday.
That means that I had four lecture classes and a three hour lab.
YET. It still managed to be a happy day due to raisin bread and impulse buys.

If you have been reading my blog for a while, you know that my philosophy teacher agreed to bring in raisin bread after discovering that some people did not know what it was. Well, he did not bring in raisin bread.

 But someone did.

It was really amusing. Picture it. A class of college students contentedly eating raisin bread. In walks the teacher. He blinks. Something is amiss. He looks at the identical pieces of raisin bread on each student's desk. He looks at his own desk. There is raisin bread on it.

"Who brought in the raisin bread?" He says, almost angrily.

There is silence.

"Did anyone do anything to this bread and then place it in this position so as to tempt me?"

More silence.

"Seriously, who brought in the raisin bread?"

It was awesome.

Oh! This reminded me of another random philosophy anecdote. So, here is a tangent about that. I will put it in Italics so that you know this is a tangent. You can skip to the end of the tangent if you want to read about my impulse buy.

Apparently, I give off a vibe to teachers. I will call this vibe "I am a good child who follows the rules to a pathological degree. I am trustworthy." This vibe has followed me to college.

After a confused period of frowning at the paper he was holding, my philosophy teacher apparently said "These are not my notes for this class. I will have to go get them." Then, with remarkable alacrity, he turned and pointed at me, stuck in the sixth row of the classroom, and said "Helen, if anybody moves tell me."

Everyone in the classroom swivelled to stare at me, the freak that the teacher deemed trustworthy. Then, some people began to grin. They began to hover halfway out of their seats and do all kinds of other balancing acts.

"Hey Holly! Am I out of my seat?"

"No, you are not. And my name is Helen."

"Oh... "

I am glad that I go to a college full of smart and mature young adults.


We're back to my impulse buy story!

I was leaving Vertebrate Physiology Lecture when I notice there is a plant sale going on. Then, I feel a strange need fill my soul. It is a need that can only be filled with an impulse buy.

So, I bought a cactus. It is a beautiful cactus. It has spiky thorns and bright green leaves and crimson flowers and it only cost two dollars.

I named her Lorelei, and she is the bestest impulse buy in the history of all  impulse buys.

I hope you enjoyed my random Monday. Please keep reading so that I can feel validated.

ModernHelen