last chance to be fat

Hey gang, today was a rather weird day, it began with basically the whole team thinking that practice was at 7am but g-man stating that it was at 6:30 and hence we took a bit of a stumble to begin. Then we had to deal with a new quad that had no steering and really odd heights which also were unadjustable. We opted to wait for our normal 4x the phonix which we are now sharing with the u23women to go out and come back. we then did 4x 500m and rowed in. The day was absolutely gorgeous, which worked perfectly for the pool party Richard had scheduled for us. All of the stars seem to have aligned today b/c today was also mike nucci's 21st birthday, so we got a carvel icecream cake on our way to the bbq. As it turns out Richard had gotten a mirror of the cake we got as well. So after eating some really awesomely tasty brats and chicken, we found our way through nearly two carvel cakes. JESUS. Lightweights do know how to eat when let loose. I was feeling particularly induldgent because my weight was under this morning, though that will likely not be the case tomorrow haha. We sat, ate, swam, and told stories under the strong sun. Today was really one to be enjoyed and remembered. So after gorging, we made our way home around 6:30pm. I had vowed to not eat for the rest of the night.... FAIL. I found my way through my chocolate stash and at the bottom of all of this I found within the perfect time to focus. sometimes, i find you need these 'let yourself go' days to force yourself to refocus and remember why your here. to what purpose did i take all those fucking sttrokes for. oh yea... THIS. THIS. THIS. The us uni hanging on my wall. The 1191 dollars worth of czech plane tickets. the 1556 athlete fee. the 650 for oars. the calorie counting. the scale. the erg. we're here to go. our job is to kick ass in prague. our dream is to fullfil our potential. these opportunities are ones that cannot be let to pass. at the bottom of a carvel icecream cake, two hershey's dark chocolate almond bars, and a bag of dark chocolate peanut m&ms you can find your reason. You can remember what the fuck you're doing and why.


10 DAYS....