Skiing, Wings, and Deflated Footballs

I am more than half way through my first year as a 20 year old.  That is the reason why I began this blog, for those of you either can't remember my first post or if you're just starting to follow my blog now (check out The Beginning).

I will admit that I am probably not half way completed with my one-year bucket list - cut me some slack people! - and to be honest, I have been hoping even if I don't do everything on my bucket list, I would be inspired to do other things for the first time as well ... that's what this week has been dedicated to!


On Wednesday, I went to my first ever cross country skiing meet!  My cousin had her conference meet so I decided to go support her (and hang out with my grandparents and uncle!).  Here's a little something that people should know about cross country skiing because I had absolutely no clue what this sport entailed.

1) There are two kinds of cross country skiing - classic and skate.  Classic is where they constantly use their arms to push themselves across the snow and snow.  Skate is pretty self-explanatory as it looks like they are skating.  Basically it's this crazy workout - I think I'd rather do P90X (that's still around right?)

2) At the bigger meets, they do one of the types of skiing first (and they send the skiers off every 15 seconds from the start line).  Then, after getting every skier's time, they send them out to do the same course but with the other type of skiing and they start each person in their time placement so there's a true winner.

3) Cross country skiing is like cross country running but worse because it's icy and dangerous to go down hills, two 5K's have to be completed, AND it's super cold! Probably the worst thing about this sport is no concession stand, so I give my cousin a lot of credit for doing this insane sport.

Now comes the wings.  Thursday night, I went with two of my roommates to a restaurant known for their wings (no, not Buffalo Wild Wings) called The D-Spot. My roommate (her name is Nikki just for future reference so we don't confused ... also S/O to her!) found this place through some other friends and it's really hard for us to pass up wings.

So we get to the location and it's in this strip-mall type thing. It's an order when you get there thing, then you find your seat. Also, I'm going to be honest, I was slightly confused on the theme of the restaurant, but no worries, Nikki informed me it was "edgy-weird-yum" which I agree with (in the best way!). Other good things to know - they serve bottled water and canned pop so you can't drink a bunch before your wings come otherwise you have to purchase more, ranch and blue-cheese dressings cost extra, and the wings are traditional so this is not the place for a first date.  Try it on your tenth date or something! Since there was three of us, we decided to all order different wings and split them.  It sounds kind of weird, but we ordered French Toast wings, PB & J wings, and Teriyaki wings.

French Toast Wings

First, came the French Toast wings.  They were quite sweet, with a maple sauce (not as thick as syrup) and powdered sugar on top.  I would definitely give them a 6 out of 10. Jill (my other roommate ... S/O to her as well - congrats you two!) agreed with me and gave them a 6, but Nikki gave them a 5.  We all agreed though there was no way you could eat the whole basket of French Toast wings by yourself.

The second type of wings that came to our table were the PB&J wings. They were a little too weird for dinner - and I don't really think I want to eat wings for dessert, no matter how sweet they are.  It was almost too much to eat more than one of those wings.  The peanut butter taste was quite evident while the grape jelly was more of a subtle taste, but still very sweet - and it was agreed upon by the three of us that we were glad we jumped at the opportunity to try them, but we probably wouldn't order them again.

PB&J Wings

The Teriyaki wings were delicious and my favorite out of all three kinds.  In all honesty, I liked these teriyaki wings better than the teriyaki wings at Buffalo Wild Wings, which Nikki claims is blasphemy but I can't help it! I even gave the wings an 8.5 out of 10!!! Jill and Nikki did give them a 7 out of 10 though! Here's the deal - the sauce was tangier (that's a word, right?) than the ones at Buffalo Wild Wings and there was more sauce - what's not to like?!

Overall ... I'd go back there again.

And as for my third "first" of the week ... This is the first year that I have wanted both teams in the Superbowl to lose. I know there are many people shaking their heads right now.

I'm a Bronco's fan (mainly because Peyton Manning is my all time favorite football player) and as many of you will recall, the Seahawks destroyed my beloved quarterback and team last year.  It's painful still as I type this out!!! As for the Patriots, well, I'm (not) sorry, but I have never been a fan of Tom Brady (and I don't think he's that good-looking either like many women across America do) and the Patriots.  Needless to say, I don't like either teams in the Superbowl this year, and honestly, I don't even know if I am going to watch because I cannot stand to listen to all these darn interviews and ESPN reporters talking about these deflated footballs! Even if this is a real thing, lets just all accept the fact that 1) it's the referee's job to check the footballs and 2) the Patriots were going to beat the Colts regardless.

Happy week of firsts! 

And enjoy the Superbowl, if you decide to watch!

-Courage, dear heart. C.S. Lewis

Lexi