Summer is...

smelling like a bon fire before bed.

This weekend was really nice. I didn't particularly want to go out, meaning downtown. My work schedule is super busy, and I don't exactly feel like going home and getting ready to go out all the time. A good friend of mine moved home from California, and I've been meaning to get together with him. Friday night we all met up for a small gathering at a friend's house. We did a bon fire there, and of course launched fireworks. It was really fun! I got to catch up with him and his wife and just chill out. Who doesn't love a good night with a fire, great friends and some awesome conversation? Oh right, and lighting shit on fire that EXPLODES. 

Yeah it wasn't all fun and games. RS decided to toss what "looked" like cardboard into the fire. I smelled sulfur and yelled "DISPERSE, DISPERSE!" and we all ran away from the fire screaming. They weren't huge or anything, just like little rocket fireworks and zig zagged out about ten feet from the pit. Even then as we all ran, RS was just sitting there drinking his beer while fireworks shot through his legs. This is why every Fourth of July, I get slammed with a bunch of patients. Not the smartest thing to do, but whatever we had fun!

Work went by pretty quick and painless this weekend. I didn't really mind going in and doing my thing, but I wasn't much for talking to anyone. Things have been kind of crazy there and I just wanted to read in between doing work. After I got out, I headed over to Shake's for a nice night of porching it. Her parents have a great house and an awesome porch. We all sat around some candles, blankets wrapped around us and country music playing. Marissa was also home, so it was super nice to have both of them home. We hung out and laughed a lot, then all called it a night. No hangover the next day, no insane stories to tell. Just a nice night with some rest and relaxation. 

It's the weekends like these that I live for. No one ever knows how much time they have with the people they care for the most, friends that they trust and love. So you should take advantage of the time you have with each other, while it's still available.