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When I arrived at the kitchen I sat down on my mat and watched Tullia (and Bobby when he came back) cook dinner. People kept arriving and soon enough everyone was there, watching them cook. We were all hungry, and dinner smelled amazing! I was really excited – the last time we had eaten this meal, I hadn’t eaten any of it. We were having Alfredo, and this time I was hungry!

Whoever was on bear hang started tying the knots and getting the ropes ready. He was doing whatever could be done before dinner – it wouldn’t be light out by the time we were done, and it was a lot easier if we didn’t have to use headlamps.

Actually, everything on the trip was easier if we didn’t have to use headlamps. 😀

As soon as dinner was ready, we got into dinner circle. After Bobby read the quote and we had our moment of silence, everyone sat down quickly and started passing bowls. We were all hungry!

My alfredo got to me, which meant that everyone had theirs. I asked for the garlic powder and poured a generous amount on, passing it to the person next to me before stirring up my bowl. It smelled amazing! I took a bite and almost forgot to chew as I started wolfing down my food.

I hadn’t really eaten anything the whole trip. It had scared me. There were times where I didn’t even finish my serving, handing it off to Luke or Bobby. But not this night! I finished my bowl and was ready for seconds. Unfortunately, I had to wait a couple of minutes.

“So – who’s up for seconds?”

My hand shot into the air.

“Brett? You want seconds? Ok then, pass your bowl.”

A couple of the guys and I passed our bowls, asking for the garlic and herbs as soon as they got back to us. I finished off that bowl, still hungry.

Bobby looked into the pot. “We have enough for people to have thirds. Anyone want thirds?”

Kayce, Bruce and I raised our hands.

“Brett, you’re getting thirds?”

Everyone was looking at me funny and I grinned as I realized that they had only ever known the Brett who didn’t eat anything. They had never met normal me. 😀

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