So, how do i possibly recap this week.... as i recall i haven't had a week this good, in a very very very long time.... alot of long stories... haha.. but perhaps i'll try to keep everything in the brief...
First was last wednesday, while i'm not going to get too much into the specifics of this adventure... it was just what i needed at that time. It did involve Me and Austin hanging out.. While i get to see him rarely as it is.. and seeing him is always alot of fun... we took an adventure that looking back is the sort of thing that only Austin could have taken me on. Strange things happened, and they changed my outlook on life a bit... pulling me, if you will, from a slump of depression, that's had it's grip on me for quite some time.....
Then the week went pretty well as planned... sometime, i heard from Abby that she'd be home from IUP for the weekend, and maybe monday as well.. So i demanded we hang out... Abby is one of those people i've been friends with forever, and it seems no matter how long it goes between times we see each other.. or even talk for that matter, we only become closer.. So I get the call, and we plan on hanging out friday night, we decided on RTC, or Round the Clock, for all you non-yorkians... we met up at 11... now, for those of you who don't know what RTC is... it's a diner, that's open, well, around the clock, they never close... so we both sort of figured meet at 11, probably chill for an hour or two and head home.... Like hell... We left a little before 5, when i pulled in my driveway the sun way coming up and i had to be up at 8 O'clock to help move a hot tub... So what do two people do for six hours at a diner... well, honestly, not a whole hell of a lot.. shoot the shit, catch up, eat a gyro... but, for some reason, with abby, six hours of nothing, is more fun than 30 minutes doing anything else... i had a blast...
saturday and sunday passed by without much going on... which was fine, i helped my dad with a deck he's been building (for the previously mentioned hot tub.)
Now me and Abby had discussed taking a picnic on monday... but as tends to be our trend, a picnic turned into the mall, and ruby tuesdays... haha... what'd we do at the mall... Why just about nothing of course, we went clothes shopping a bit (something that I miss more than anything actually) had a nice lunch and chatted... some of what we talked about has me excited... and i'm trying to contain myself a bit, not getting my hopes up at all.. but it's hard for me... now as to what that is... well, you'll just have to wait and see...
So tuesday the 4th of july, which is today!! at least for 3 more minutes by my clock....
Helped dad build a bit more, then made some iced tea.. then watched and barely breathed watching italy beat germany in the world cup in the last friggin minutes of a 120 minute game (I was routing for germany myself) so that sucked.. but a nice 4th of July meal with the family, including my parents, aunt uncle, cousin, and courtney, who's not related, but is a blast anyway... then a poker game with said family.. and though i started strong, had we played much longer than we did i would have been broke... still it was fun to put the new table to use.... finally, we about blew ourselves up with some firecrackers, including a mystery cracker that we thought might have been a smoke bomb... uhhh, WRONG, try a massive explosion... you know it's good when your yards away and you can feel the impact... crazy... still a great great great week.

Ok, so Recap
Fun with Austin,
Fun With Abby,
Relaxing weekend
more Fun with Abby (like you could ever get enough abby)
and a great 4th of July..

if things keep getting better from here, i'm going to be a happy camper

Danny R