The Weekend(s)

I have known that weekends will be the toughest for me. They are a time when my time is not structured, and I usually *try* to have some fun!

This weekend was Shrimpfest.
It is an event put on by the Knights of Columbus in Centralia, MO and it obviously involves a LOT of Shrimp. My friend Megan's dad is part of the Knights and she started asking us to come and serve at the event when we were in college and it has remained part of our get-togethers for the year. 

My friend Megan and I at Shrimpfest this year (2017)
This was my TENTH year serving at Shrimpfest! 

All of us UCM crew get together and help serve the patrons of Centralia salads, bread, fried shrimp, cold/boiled shrimp, shrimp scampi, fried potatoes, corn nuggets, onion rings, pretzel bites, sausage, and cheesecake. There's an open bar and auction. It's always a good time. 

When it's all said and done, we get to eat. And we typically just go to town. Eating (as much of) whatever we wanted. However this year, I had planned. I took all of my other meals for the weekend and ate at home before going (part of why we ate so much was because we were so hungry!). I made sure not to just pick randomly from the spread in front of me, but to prepare a bowl so I could see how much and what I was actually eating. We also typically drink copious amounts of alcohol. But this year, I kept a cup in my hand filled with water. I drank a lot of water! 

All-in-all I was really proud of myself. I ate a LOT of salad, boiled shrimp, potatoes and only a taste of the other staples (scampi, fried shrimp and corn nuggets) 

The gang was kind-of small this year, but we made it work for sure! 

We are the (5) best friends that anybody could have! 

The girls!

Part of the reason that our gang was smaller this year was because some of our members (I guess I would call us members LOL) were out having babies! We got to go and meet Walter and William (twins) of our friends Phil and Jessica. HOW SWEET! 

I didn't get a picture with them (I did hold them both!) .. but here's Lacey and Megan with the two newest additions! 

I came home and went to a birthday party for my two cousins and then came home to meal prep. All-told it took about two hours, and now I have breakfasts, lunches, snacks and dinners for the coming week! 

I actually think this is last week's picture. But it's like the same thing. lol 

Here's to an awesome week!!