breakfast was a frittata with avocado on top. the saddest part about it was that i was instantly reminded of my sister and keah and how excited they get when they make frittata. some people here at FR hadn't even heard of it before. i think i've heard too much. is that possible?
after breakfast i dragged annie on a bike ride to kayenta, the local art village that i'd visited with Kateri. it's a pretty hilly ride but we were successful and i found a nice iced coffee with skim milk in my hand at the end of it all. the caffeine must've hit me pretty hard because i was a little jittery for a good amount of time. we strolled around a bit, looking through shops and speaking with the artists and people running the stores. i think it's safe to say we had a ton of fun and spent a good three hours there before heading back.
we decided to have lunch in the coffee shop there, xetava. it has a really lovely menu that kind of reminds me of art café. i opted for the chipotle chicken salad. it was a mesclun mix with grilled chicken, green apples, cucumbers, red onions, dried cranberries, walnuts, peppers, and feta topped with a balsamic aioli. i have to get in the habit of asking for dressing on the side because it will definitely save me a bunch of calories. the salad was awesome but i couldn't finish the whole thing. must've been the heat and the coffee and the fact that i eat a fistful of food a day.
once we got back to the ridge, it was time to really get down to business. i had to face the reality that i am leaving tomorrow. i did laundry, read over the bill, collected the cookbooks, and began packing. it was a rough process, actually. i think i'm leaving with more than i came with and i don't know if that's a good or bad thing. i think it's time to throw out a lot of my clothes and push downward in the size scale. but mentally, i'm definitely leaving with more than i came with.
it's been planned for weeks that tonight we were going to the washington county fair. but today i was told that we were headed for the fair's demolition derby. we decided to grab dinner at a red lobster where we used the nutrition facts for each meal to determine what we'd order. i got a half portion of salmon with veggies, which seemed like the best choice. i'd still rather bake my own... you never know how badly the chef wants to raise america's risk of a heart attack.
the demolition derby was great! before it began we decided to each choose 3 cars/trucks and put down a dollar. if anyone's car or truck won the derby then that person would get the $4. and so it began. a night filled with multiple heats of cars crushing each other, free t-shirts flying through cannons, and tons of weird games and competitions to act as intermissions. there was a mooing contest and a tug-o-war game! it was way more exciting than i thought it would be and i have to say i'd probably go to one again.... hahahah. i mean, it was only $10. when it was down to the last heat, i was the only one with a car still left in the running. my car and another car were the only two cars left for a solid five or ten minutes!! i, surprisingly enough, was cheering and yelling for "86ers"! and i guess it worked because it looks like i left with 3 extra bucks in my pocket!
now i'm back in my room thinking of all the things i have to do tomorrow. and one of them is weigh in. i'm nervous, i won't lie. but i have a lot of things to do in my future and even if i didn't lose a ton of weight this week, i'm still going to train to complete them. first on my list is the great pumpkin run at oswego in october. maybe i can get some of my friends to join me, too.
p.s. here's a quick look at the hike we did, "pinnacle":
lovin' you from utah,
goodnight.
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