(sigh) Friday afternoon. Facing the last hour at work before the weekend starts. And I’m HUNGRY. Hungry hungry hungry. I packed food in all four containers of my Mr. Bento this morning, and I’ve eaten it all. I don’t have anything else and there aren’t any vending machines. Arrrrrgghhh.
That’ll teach me to do lots and lots of exercise and go to bed without eating.
Get me outta here!
Go drink some water. Maybe it’ll hold you over for a bit. Maybe you’re slightly dehydrated and you’re interpreting that as hunger. That’s what they keep telling me at my Weight Watchers meetings, anyway. :rolleyes:
Yeah. I’ve drunk so much water that I’m beginning to see double (really). I’ve gone to the bathroom half a dozen times this afternoon. I wouldn’t mind, except that I have to parade past everyone else in the office to go there.
Okay, IANAD and all, but you should probably stop now. Seriously. If you’re literally seeing double from drinking too much water, you need to go to the ER, possibly stopping somewhere for a pack of chips or a pickle on the way.
I had to google the Bento thing, and oh my you’ve got a really swoopty lunchbox there!
Apparently without quite enough storage capacity today, but really cool nonetheless.
I keep those incredibly cheap peanut butter cracker sandwich things at work for just those times. They’re not enjoyable enough to eat them up unless I’m absolutely famished, so they stick around quite a while.
hugs You’re the Straight Dope’s mom, for sure. Don’t worry–it’s a usual thing with me, triggered by drinking not so very much. My body ain’t so great at the electrolyte balance thing. I stopped drinking about 90 minutes ago. I was an animal physiology major in college. It’s all good.
And yes, Tonya, my lunch box is mighty in its swooptiness, but I have generally heard it criticized for being too big. Major frustrations that I’ve eaten all of that food and am still ravenous.
hugs back
Well…okay, if you’re sure. The icky thing about hyperhydration is that it affects thinking and judgment, that’s all. I just want you to be okay… 
(Sorry, all my babies are at Grandma’s today, and my husband’s at a conference 'till midnight. I’m getting twitchy with no one to nurture! 
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Oh, and that is one awesome lunch box!
I bought a couple of bento lunchboxes last year. It was fun to pack them full of rice and vegies and leftover steak chunks ‘n’ things. Then I discovered that I had way more appetite than what I assume a Japanese person has - at least I always felt hungry even after eating every crumb in the box. They looked cute when all full and arranged and everything, though.
Yeah. I have a couple of regular Japanese bento boxes. They look like they’re good for… snacks. The Mr. Bento is pretty huge, though. I’ve heard people say that they use them to pack lunches for two people. Here it is on Amazon. Today I packed beef potstickers in the big container, lentil soup in the soup bowl, strawberries and yogurt in the larger side-dish bowl, and two chocolate chip cookies in the small one. It was all really… really good (stomach growls).
I ordered an authentic stainless-steel Indian tiffin box from eBay, yesterday. I can hardly wait till that shows up.
oh lordy I’m hungry. 30 more minutes.
Blah. Can’t take it. Leaving. I worked through my lunch hour, right? 
Will post later this evening so WhyNot knows I haven’t died of convulsions erstwhile.
Tata!
Thank you dear! Call when you get there safely! Did you remember to take your Bento box home with you? Don’t leave it sitting out all night to get moldy, now! Make sure you wash it out well. Can it go in the dishwasher or should I just tidy it up for you ? 
Okie dokie. Still alive and now seeing single. Whoopie!
Just think, a third chocolate chip cookie might have made all the difference, sigh.
Glad you’re home and seeing right!
Wow, Mr. Bento, I gotta get me one of those! Your suffering has not been for naught, Sattua. You may have prevented my future hunger.