1) I sprint for 30m and then my athletic ability no longer matters... take me away, gravity.
2) I will get to the bottom of the mountain no matter what. There's no option for quitting.
3) The heavier I am, the FASTER I go!
...and heavier, I am.
Ok, maybe not THAT much heavier - but I deserve to be after this Thanksgiving!
I've been following a diet that includes low-carbs, and no (or few) sugars. Therefore, I don't eat desserts, and avoid sandwiches and unnecessary carbs. Now...don't get me wrong, I do cheat from time to time... but YESTERDAY...oh, my.
OTC Cooks!
Let me preface yesterday's meals, by filling you in on my last week of dining here at the OTC. It's been crazy! Normally, the OTC can occupy as many as 250 people. This past week, there has been less than 30 of us. It makes for a quiet week, but the cafeteria food is incredible! Six eager cooks whip up some fancy made-to-order menus. This week, I've been choosing from the following:
a) NY Strip Steak
b) Marinated Chicken
c) Shrimp Scampi
d) Marinated Swordfish
"Yes, may I have a medium NY Strip Steak?" ..."with some blue cheese?"
YUM. So, this week my stomach has slowly been expanding as I've been filling up on all the goodies being offered to us. I mean, next week, we'll be back to the normal big-batch-cooking-style. The cooks do a great job year-round, but wow they've really outdone themselves this week.
So, I knew that with only 10 of us coming to Thanksgiving meal, it was gonna be AWESOME. And, that it was.
I first went to OTC breakfast, where I dined on chocolate chip pancakes and a blueberry muffin... yes, CARB overload for me. Then, two and a half hours later we had to leave for Saranac Lake for the day, so we ate our Thanksgiving meal at the OTC only 2 hours after my very filling breakfast.
Everything your grandma makes for Thanksgiving, and then some. It was sooooo delicious. Plus, I had to have some pumpkin roll, and stuff down an extra slice of turkey for good measure. And cranberry sauce is really good for you, right? I hope so. I could have eaten buckets of it.
Kristina, Mike, and Greg being goofs at our Thanksgiving meal at the OTC
Six of us rolled out to the car and drove down to the Saranac Lake Adult Center to help serve a Thankgiving meal to elderly from the area. The other volunteers greeted us with "GREAT to have you! How bout you sit down and eat first?"
"Nooooo, thank you but no. Really, sorry. No. No, you don't understand. We just ate. JUST ate. like, A LOT."
The dinner ended up being a little slow, though it was obvious that we were genuinely helping a few people there to have a great Holiday. Just providing a meal, a smile, or offering some competitive spirit in a mean game of Chinese Checkers. In whatever capacity, it was great to get out there and volunteer. Bravo to Kristina Hull, the leader of our group of 6, who was the one who organized the trip.
Greg, Kristina, Mike, Tyler, Me (Matt had to leave early)
We left the Adult Center around 5, still unable to fit anything more into our stomachs... OK, OK, so... I did fit in a piece of pumpkin pie with a dollop of whipped cream... I couldn't resist!
We came back to the OTC for a light dinner and some fun terrorizing each other in the dorms with a few friendly pranks. Despite not being home around family, I had a great Thanksgiving!
And to top it allllllll off -
My Cousin, Annie, Had a Baby!!! Congrats to Annie & John on Baby Wyatt!
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