20 Sep 06 Peanut Butter & Jelly Futures

I’ve never been on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.  I’ve seen movie portrayals and news footage.  It’s chaotic, action packed, teeming with life.  Buy that, sell this, truly a pressure cooker to make the right trade.  Coincidentally it reminds me of the school cafeteria. 

One of the perks of the job is that I can walk down the hall and sit with the kiddos during lunch time.  5th graders have a different lunch time than the 7th graders so I get to spend some good individual time with the kids and their respective classes.  Spending this time has been great.  Watching the lunch time trades has been fantastic.  It’s chaotic, action packed, teeming with life.  "I’ll trade you this for that", truly a pressure cooker.  I watched one kid trade home-made chocolate chip cookies, one at a time, for whatever he wanted.  There are some future stock market workers sitting at those cafeteria tables!  There are even a couple of kids that bring nothing but treats and snacks which they exchange for the lunch of their choice.

Can I just say I don’t get the pre-packaged, previously frozen, round peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

As I am able, I take my own lunch and eat in the cafeteria with the kids.  Right now I take my lunch in a plastic bag.  I need a lunch box.  Not just any lunchbox.  By the way, I have my original lunchbox from way back when.  I thought about using that but would not want anything to happen to the barnyard / farm animal lunchbox.  So, what are your suggestions for the perfect lunchbox?  I’ve looked in a few stores and can’t find a real old fashion lunchbox.  I’m even willing to entertain a lunchbox with ponies or unicorns.