Day 2: Sharing Is a lot harder when you're living off of 4 dollars a day

So day 2 Tuesday, I am still feeling confident about the project and my ability to complete it. Waking up, as usual I have no time to eat before class so my first meal is not until 11:45. I ran across campus from the business school back to north to make a quick peanut butter sandwich before I had to head back for my next class.

 
Before leaving for class I packed a small baggy of popcorn just incase I needed something to get me through my next two classes. Leaving my dorm I ran in to Yani walking the same direction. She walks over hunched over holding her stomach telling me she can't do this thing she's dying of hunger and can not focus in her classes. Me at this point was not starving having just finished my delicious peanut butter and bread automatically offered her some of my popcorn. Quickly realizing that this was a part of my small supply of food for the week and I still had to get through 2 classes, I started to take it back. I then thought about the story from class about the man who was asking for food on the street and afterwards giving half of what he had received to another man who was less successful across the road. I saw the struggle in Yani's face and I realized had the situation been flipped Yani would not think twice about giving me some of the food she had to tide me over, so I gave in.

My bag is a little emptier, my stomach was a little hungrier leaving my last class, but I knew I made the right choice sharing. If someone like the man struggling and asking for food every single day does not think twice about sharing the little food he is given I should not either when someone is in greater need.

Around about 6:30 my stomach started to growl with hunger and I decided it was time to try one of my delicious 'Gourmet' Dollar Tree frozen dinners. I choose 'Rigatoni with a garlic cream sauce broccoli and white chicken'. In just 4 minutes I have warm dinner waiting for me to dig in.

Not quite the gourmet I am used to eating but the pasta and sauce itself were actually very tasty. If you hadn't noticed from the picture there was a lack of actual broccoli pieces, instead a few shreds of what I think was supposed to be broccoli. The 3 small pieces of 'white chicken' were oddly very cube like in shape and rubbery in texture (taking one bite I immediately split it across the room). After avoiding the rest of the sketchy aspects of the meal I finished the noodles and it satisfied my hunger.

Around 11:30 like clock work I started to feel the hunger growing again, so I allowed myself 2 reese's before settling in for bed (not wanting to stay up much later to avoid the impending real hunger that was inevitably coming).

Day 2 finished. I've learned a lot about myself and my selfish tendencies and the selflessness it takes to give away food when you yourself are struggling. I also learned to avoid at all costs any chicken products found at the dollar store... probably something most people already know and do.