Sit down, get comfortable...

..we have a lot to catch up on. The month of August was pretty much chaos for me. Three weeks in a row I worked like a crazy person in a shortened week so that I could travel on the weekend. After the weekend in Rhode Island my sister stayed the week and our friends traveled up the next weekend for a girls weekend. We hadn't all been together since before I moved and it was waaaayyy past time. Whenever we all get together there is usually laughter, chaos, laughter, problem solving (personal and world issues), laughter and an occasional adult beverage. This weekend brought all of that and more. We enjoyed five days hanging out on the water and being ridiculous in a way that only we can. The amazing thing about these girls is the comfort level we have, we have all been in each others life in some way or another since elementary school. When you can hang out, say anything, do anything and you know that the people around you won't EVER judge, maybe poke fun at, but never judge you it's a truly relaxing and comedic environment. Needless to say I was very sad to see them go. It wasn't as bad as it could have been though because four days later I flew to Cincinnati and saw them again.

These are some pics that were taken and my friend Linsey fixed up on her computer, one of us six girls and the other is the view from the deck of our camp, they are amazing..

I have found that my weekends in Cincinnati are pretty hectic. Trying to fit a lot into a short period of time. Its impossible to see everyone and so you try to see as many people as you can. Luckily this weekend was the scramble, which allowed me to see a large chunk of Finneytown and other friends. It's a really fun day with a lot of golf, a lot of catching up and this year some beautiful weather. I will tell you more about it at a later date.

Pics of an evening with some of my high school friends, yet another amazing group of ladies, and the kiddos, Hannah, Nate and Caroline.
So with all this running around I decided I was in desperate need of a chill weekend at home. I almost caved and went to Maine when my work shifts got rearranged, but am so glad I stuck around. I hung out with some friends from work, which I don't do often enough, and we had an absolute blast. We met up at my friend Tara's house, which is out in the woods, and were messing around with a mountain board. This is like a snowboard on wheels and it was awesome, and a little dangerous, but we didn't have any permenant damage so it was all good. Then we wandered through the waterfall down the hill from her place and over to this huge beaver dam, basically all beautiful things that you don't see when you are hanging out in the city. We then went downt to the town fair where we enjoyed some fried dough, beers at the legion, gambling and a local southern rock band. We then returned to the house and were messing around with the bongo drums. We were terrible but it was so funny that it was worth it. I was so thankful that I had decided to stay in town and hang out with these girls. I work with some very cool people and can't wait to hang out again.