In the Good Old Summertime...

It occurred to me today that we're halfway through July.
Where has this summer gone? It seems to be zooming by in a flurry of activity!

Quite a few things have happened over the last couple of weeks. First off...I actually went camping. Can you believe that?! Those who know me well have probably already fainted from shock. Anyway...this was my first camping trip since the disastrous one my family made me go on when I was back in Jr. High. I'm not a big fan of the great oudoors mainly because of the bugs and the possibility of run ins with raccoons...which I have an odd sort of fear of.

I decided to put all that aside and joined everyone so that we could spend some time hanging out with Kim and her brit. I discovered something great...camping is not nearly as bad as I thought it was. It was a lot of fun! Good peeps and good times! Best of all...I didn't see a single raccoon!

Right on the heels of camping was the 4th of July. I spent it down in the southend with the Cabatit clan again which always ensures a good time is had. Sarah's brother flew home from N.Y.C. so it was nice to see him. It was a very relaxed and fun day. The fireworks this year were amazing! I swear that almost every house in the neighborhood had their own huge firework shows going non-stop.

My friend Laurie's bday was just around the corner from the 4th. I completely forgot to warn poor Trina about Laurie's parties. She had one of her usual awesome Filipino bashes. You know the kind where there's miles and miles of food and you know to wear loose clothing or you'll just hurt yourself. There was all the usual good stuff such as pancit and lumpia. There was even a nice gelato cake. Unfortunately, they forgot that gelato needed to go in the freezer so the cake had been in the fridge for a few days. After throwing it in the freezer for awhile, we ended up with an interesting sort of gelato soup cake. It was pretty funny.

Pretty much since then I've been running around visiting with friends from out of town, catching up with old friends I haven't seen in awhile, enjoying great BBQ's, and just general hanging out enjoying the summer and the amazing weather we've been having.