I'm Into Something Good

What a summer it's been so far! Although I pretty much spend every weekday working at my job at Fort Monmouth, I've been making my weekends count and I've even managed to squeeze some fun into my weekday nights as much as possible. After all, this is the last summer of my college career, so I have to make it count.

I spent the first weekend of my summer break in Maryland, visiting my older brother, Brad, with my parents so we could attend the "Wine in the Woods" festival. I've never really been a fan of wine, but after trying all the flavors from a handful of wineries, I really grew to appreciate the taste. It was a great experience hanging out with family in a forest full of people who were sitting back, drinking, and just livin' easy.  My second weekend was spent in a theme park called "Knoebels" in Pennsylvania, which is a free admission park in the middle of a forest (that you've never heard of before) that's not too crowded and hosted a wide variety of quality rides and food, as well as a huge swimming pool with diving boards and water slides. Spending the weekend in a creekside cottage that's in walking distance from the theme park with Alan and Christine and company was pretty much a magical little getaway.

My third weekend was quite an interesting one. I spent friday night celebrating Ali's best friend's 21st birthday, at Club Deko in Sayerville. I usually don't go clubbing. I also usually don't go gay-clubbing (as in "attending a gay club", not "clubbing gay people with blunt objects"... that's just cruel). But it actually ended up being a good drunk time, and gave me some hilarious stories to tell later. As for saturday, here's an abridged version of the antics: I met up at Chelsea's house in Toms River so I could hang out with Mark (that doesn't really make sense, right?) and we drove down Route 9 to make some random stops along the way; then we met up with Chelsea, stole a couch cushion from a blind child, picked up Mike, and went to Manahawkin to celebrate Jess's graduation at her beach house. Oh, what a night.

I also went down to Toms River again one evening to chill with friends, eat pizza, relax in front of a fire pit, and just be a kid again. I've hung out out with a bunch of my long-time friends from Tinton Falls and we've eaten our share of half-price appetizers and diner meals. I spent last friday night drinking with friends and last Saturday driving around Monmouth county with Andrew during the day, followed by a random visit from Mark, Chelsea, Tehila, and Emily (which involved completing puzzles intended for 3-year olds and late night walks on the beach). And I finally used my Six Flags season pass today for the first time this summer! Kara and I spend a few hours there and I had such an amazing time.

Life is good. 

And it's only going to get better from here.

Tomorrow I'm heading down to Medford (land of the super people... it's true) to meet up with Mark (and Jason) so we can spend the day in Ocean City, NJ. I've actually never been there before, and it's one of Mark's favorite beaches, so I'm pretty psyched about going. There's also a BBQ with friends that I'm attending right around the corner, and I'm also going to Warped Tour with some friends from home in July. 

I've also made plans to go to Wildwood for a weekend, Atlantic City with Andrew, Steve, Bryan, Nick, and Nelson for another weekend, and Washington D.C. during July 4th weekend with Brian! And I'll be spending two weeks in August at the beach - one week in Outer Banks with family and friends, and one week in Viriginia Beach. Add plenty of random hangouts, Six Flags trips, beach excursions, and maybe a camping trip in there, and you've (hopefully) got my summer.

I've got big plans this summer. Join me?