Chapter 4 - good times are filling me

I'm sure when many of you reminisce about all the good times you've had with your friends over the years you think back to the partying, adventuring, or whatever it was that you did! While I've had all sorts of experiences too, my favorite ones often included food. I went through my phase where the weekend was meant for partying, boys and drinking, which was fun and all, but I was also super skinny back then. Sometimes I wonder, well, not wonder but know, if I were as fat as I am now back then I don't think I would have been invited to as many social events lol. One of the only reasons why I ever even cared about being skinny was so I would feel socially accepted. Luckily for me though even when I was thin, all of my nights out typically ended with a trip to the drive-through with my friends still! :D

I think back to the time before I cared about all of that, when I was in middle school and my ideal Friday night was going to dinner and a movie with some friends. Although I never really had friends who ate as much as I did. I think the only friend who I ever influenced to gain some weight was the one I spoke about in my first chapter, Emily. All of the time we spent at her house together allowed us to eat quite a bit. I think once she saw how much I enjoyed food and didn't care about being perfectly in shape she kind of gave into it too. Her house also always had Pepsi or cream soda, which caused us to pack on the pounds even more quickly. I remember at one point when we were in eight grade she even ended up being fatter than me! One of our favorite things to make was soup with a side of cheese and crackers. We'd eat like 3 portions and then continue to snack on random stuff all day. Then when it was dinner time her mom usually ordered pizza or made one of her delicious meals. Two of my favorite things that she used to make were rice and beans and this parmesan pasta dish with shrimp. Still to this day I don't know exactly what she put in all of her food that made it taste so good. Even the Lipton soup we made had this delicious spice in it that Emily would always add that made it even more addicting. But oh well, all I know is it was damn good!

It honestly feels like no matter what I'm doing, food always takes over, thanks to me heh. For example, at one point in time Carey and I decided that we were going to join a gym..man, just typing that word gets me all out of breath..but every time we went we'd say screw it to exercising and would go smoke weed and get food, most likely at Taco Bell, instead. I swear when Carey used to not give a hoot about her eating habits life was great. At one point when we were about 19 Carey even gained a bunch of weight thanks to her boyfriend at the time, Jordan. Jordan worked at Wendy's and we would always go visit him and get free food. Sometimes we'd sit there for hours just ordering sandwich after sandwich and refill after refill enjoying good company and greasy foods!

I think the only time I ever got another friend to eat as much as me was when my friend Josh and I decided to go to IHOP for free pancake day. Of course we didn't only order a mere two stack of pancakes each, but we decided to split a crepe as well. After we were done we started talking about the Hometown Buffet next door, and before we knew it we were in line filling our plates with mac 'n' cheese, cornbread and much more! I truly love friends who will be fat with you.

I should seriously come with a warning that says "may cause excessive weight gain". Haha and with that being said, let's eat!