Welcome Aboard the Payne Train

Friday, which brings along with it the start of fall break, marks the half way point of the fall semester. This also marks my senior year being a quarter over (someone please stop time). Upon this half way mark I have come to realize that I can spend more generously with my meal plan. I am used to having about 14 meals per week and $500 big red bucks to use for the semester. Now that I’m in collegetown, however, I’ve compensated and purchased a much cheaper meal plan, 10 meals per semester and $750 big red bucks. I have about 5 meals left and $470 big red bucks. This means that starting on Wednesday (when classes re-convene) I will be leisurely spending my lunch money at the wonderful eateries like Synapsis as opposed to meticulously calculating how much I can spend per day without going bankrupt.

In the bigger picture, this translates to more Beef & Brie sandwiches at Martha’s, pasta bakes and flatbread pizzas at Synapsis, Asian noodle bowls at Trillium, chicken fingers at the Terrace, and hummus and pretzels at Trillium. Food without a budget, what a wonderful concept!