Our Fourth of July

We had a great weekend! It was restful and it was nice to not have to do anything or go anywhere, until Monday afternoon.

We went to a friends house for a Fourth of July party. There were probably fifty people there in all. Many were students, since the host of the party is a university professor.

For our part, we took baked beans, a pasta salad, and the extremely rich semi-sweet chocolate torte. This torte has 16 ounces of Verona chocolate, six eggs, two sticks of butter, and ONLY one tablespoon of flour! It’s very rich.

When we got to the party, I was not prepared for the reception I would receive. Several people looked at me and said, “Bill!! Oh my God, look at you!!!” I’m thinking, “ummmm ok??”... all the while checking to see that my zipper was up. Then, they said, “You look great! You’ve lose so much weight!” That made me feel really good, although I don’t really think about it anymore. I actually lost the weight some time ago. I just hadn’t seen them since. In all, I’ve lost 30 pounds (and counting). I have about 10 or so more to go before I’ll be happy.

Then, I had to have a piece of that chocolate torte. Tonight, I will be working it off in the gym.

I hope everyone had a great Fourth of July weekend!