The Next Big Thing

Well, after an exciting week of socialing with our new locals Q and by proximity her boyfriend Alex, and also hanging out with Kal twice and going to see Madonna, immediately followed by a weekend of a trip to Maine, i'm pooped.

This weekend the primary concern was getting to the bridal shower in time and having the food and gifts with me. I got them a waffle iron, which went over really well. I figured it was worth the extra ten or fifteen bucks out of my budget to make sure they are excited about it, and they were (both Mark and Stef were there... well, OBVIOUSLy Stef was there -- she's the bride.) I made some four-bean salad and brought it there, and we all ate a LOT, opened her gifts, and shared memories about Mark and Stef with them. Their mothers were crying regularly, and it was a good time had by all.

This weekend also featured gorgeous Maine. On the trip up on Friday night, Dan and I crossed the border and were greeted by the most incredible skies we'd ever seen in our lives. We were sandwiched in between a sunset and a thunderstorm the whole way up, and we saw lightening flash against the clouds, dark purple clouds against featherly yellow clouds just above a pink and blue streaked sky. I'm trying my best hear, but words really cannot describe the beauty.

There was of course also the Fourth of July, for which we were very busy. All the day before we had mostly spent with his mother, and we also hung out with Nate and Tara. in the afternoon and evening. The next day we went to a BBQ with Nana, Aunt Kimmie, Mum, and Rick, and that was a lot of fun too. Nana lives across the road from some really nice cows, so i hung out with them for a while. One of them exfoliated my right arm to ultimate smoothness. Cow tongues are good for that. We ate and ate and shot the shit, and then it was time to head over to Dad's. We ended up meeting him at Yulia's (Dad and Jeanne's daughter) friend Ryan's parents' house. Yulia and Ryan are 7 (?) and were in and out of the pool quite regularly. Had a nice time talking with all of them and avoiding as much of the food as possible (we were still full from Nana's), and then Dan, Dad and i went to chill at Dad's place for a while. That was really great. We were tired and needed some chill time, so we drank coffee, sat on the porch, and talked for a while. Dad's got some really cool new art too...

Sigh. Yeah. Good weekend. The only part of it that sucked was the drive back here today, because it took over an hour to get from South Portland to Biddeford, and it should NEVER take that long. It was a trying expedition. Today's been good otherwise though. We've all been chilling in our separate ways. I actually want to do a bit of landscape drawings for some ideas i have for the future. And i found an apartment on craiglist today that is opening up in Sept 1, and Dan is going to go see it tomorrow. I told him to take it if he likes it :)

Ok, i'll stop writing now.