Unforgettable Potato Leak Soup

Sure, we've been able to have home-cooked meals this round. But it really does taste so much better when someone else has cooked for you.

A couple of days ago some of the RT staff invited our team over for dinner. Not everyone could make it, but for those of who were able to, it was the best potato leak soup we'd had in a long time. Very gracious of them, of course, and it was nice to sit around a table to chat and catch up with them outside of work. But one of the most enjoyable parts of the night was conveying the NCCC experience, which entailed endless stories of our team dating back to the beginning of the year. It felt like a 10-year reunion dinner, except that we were all still there and only months have passed. We were finishing stories for each other, re-living them there at the table, laughing hysterically over things that are evidently never going to fade. At the end of the dinner I couldn't tell whether we entertained our hosts or scared them. One thing was for sure, though; they got a good look at our experience this year, and we left realizing that in just over four weeks, we'll be wrapping up this crazy chapter in our lives that will be truly unforgettable.