Thanksgiving 09
Getting out of class super early Wednesday I go to hang out with Drew a bit before making the truck up to D.C. for some promising home-cooking brought to us by the wonderful Theresa. After a horrible few hours of Virginia traffic (I hate Virginia, the drivers fucking blow, there’s nothing to do here), I made it through alive and ended up parking in a no-parking zone (I found this out later Friday afternoon). After I got there we ordered some of Al’s pizza and munched on that while Theresa prepared the next day’s meal. Thursday was pretty slow up until the gluttonous feasting of the dead animals, baked goods, and spirits. I believe we almost went through a whole 1.75L bottle of Jose Cuervo and a handful of limes, as well as a half bottle of wine during our little James Bond marathon.
The weather finally cleared up a bit and we got the chance to not only stroll around a few of the monuments, but I finally made it to the famous and elusive Ethiopian place to chow down on some exotic and really awesome food. Every time I’ve gone to D.C. since I’ve been stationed in Virginia (this state fucking blows) I have the Ethiopian place at the top of my list, and every time I’ve left (excluding this last time) its the only thing on my list I didn’t get to accomplish. It was well worth the wait though.
I’ve also gone through about 6 weeks of quite a rigorous lifting routine that involves about an hour of power-lifting and a half hour of cardio every day. There’s a super-neat and useful site out there called BodyBuilding.com, that’s kind of like the ultimate fitness-savvy website. I set up a profile on there that I can use to track my progress and attempt to meet my goal of 16% body fat (bf) by the time I ship down to Mayport.