I Swallowed a Bug

Friday, June 3, 2011 10:46 PM

Actually, three of them. Last fall I made a bet with my principal that our kids would double the library circulation at school. If they did, I would eat a bug.

Except....the students stopped checking out books because they didn't want me to.

Revision. He agreed to be the one to eat the bug if they doubled the circulation, and that's what we told the kids, but privately, I agreed to eat one with him to be a good sport and because no one should have to eat a bug alone.

Well, circulation went up 116% over all. The high school kids increased circulation 200%! The kids plotted all year long what kind of bug it would be (stink bugs, scorpions, and roaches were popular choices - tomato worms added an extra icky squish factor to the mix).

Last Friday during both lunches, he and I ate crickets. I can't say that eating a cricket was on my "bucket list", but at least in this small way, I now belong to River's bug swallowing sisterhood.

And next time - I want mine covered in squeezy cheese!

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