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so here i am. back again, trying to keep the blog thing afloat. 

went to the beach this weekend with my good friend lee, who just moved to dc.  hadn't seen her in about 4 years.  we had a great time -- a perfect day for the beach.  although getting there started off a little rough as the first exit we were supposed to take ended up being closed and there wasn't any visible way to get to the highway we needed to get on.  so we basically turned around and went into a circle about 3 times before realizing that we were clearly going to have to find an alternate route.  thanks to my trusty map and the fact that like to drive around just for fun which leads to learning lots of back roads and alternate routes for just such occasions, we were able to figure our way out of the what seemed like an endless mess.  the waves at the beach were pretty big -- bigger than normal.  it may have been some offshoot of hurricane/tropical storm fay.  anyway, they were big enough to knock me down over and over again and i finally just got tired of fighting them and went back to the blanket.  hopefully, i'm going to make it back to the beach once more before it gets too cold. 

my little backyard patio has been getting lots of action lately.  my neighbor shane, his best friend josh, josh's girlfriend marsha, occasionally marsha's roommate laura (who all go to my church) and i have been hanging out there alot on nights when it's not too hot, just hanging out, drinking and listening to music.  it's nice.

i have 5 weeks left at my job -- 24 days and counting.  i'm so ready to be done.  and so scared at the same time.  people keep asking me what's next and while i have a few things up my sleeve, the short answer is that i just don't know.  and that's thrilling and frightening at the same time. 

italy is coming up soon, and that's exciting.  as well as my nephew who, unless he comes a few days early, will probably be born while i'm italy. 

so that's my news for now.  i'll keep you posted.

ps have you heard that song by the killers?  "all these things that i've done".  i don't think it's new, but i'd never heard it until recently on a commercial during the olympics.  i can't stop listening to it.  such a great song.