The shutting down of summer is the fitting time to close. Blessed by thy that finished stronger with higher hope and expectations that even the most ardent of followers could have believed. The weight of the deep metaphysical force has shed its ugly burden and its entangling cloak of darkness and doubt.

Valeo

Utinam ne domi mansissem. Utinam non qusim pugnare. Scio quid facturas sim. Quam minimum credula postero. Navis discesora est. Ne ad te scriba, meus scriptum historia.

Valeo

The snapshots that will leave their indelible mark.

- The microburst that blew that caused V and I to run out and save the tent in our underwear.
- The recycling can being filled to the brim in only a few days. The homage to the alcohol gods.
- Wasp hunting with G and Grandpa.
- Seeing my brother happy and with hope for the first time in my life.
- The shit storm of tumultous chaos of being single, and having a cyclone of drama erupt around you, when you did nothing but exist. Must we fight? I'm not a possession.
- Picking up a drunk Julie and her mates, then running around the valley, getting obliterated.
- Oh Allison we miss you, but we know your liver does not miss us.
- Facebook how you changed the course of so much to come.
- Going with a friend as her date to a wedding reception, quietly get smashed, and follow the night with her car catching on fire.
- The club incident in San Fran, which was my fault entirely, yet I recieved none of the wraith.
- Late night swims that are isolated, cool, and wonderfully romantic.
- Oh bridesmaid, how i can never forget the mark you left behind.
- Escorting a friend out to her car early in the morning wearing boxer briefs and a cowboy hat. I swear I dont remember wearing the cowboy hat.
- Wading through the irrigated waters.
- Getting that obsessive passion for information back. Now stronger than ever.
- Kissing a friend whom you never thought you would, and in the end it was quite hysterical.
- Being up with Summer and without realizing it the sun is up, and then looking at each other in surprise, and asking, how do we keep doing this night after night.

These are some, not all, of those wonderfully indelible marks.

Almost fully moved in. Good stories to tell. Will do so when internet is fully functional.

Sidenote. I have always maintained that the moment after sex is the optimal time to know if I truly care about that person. That piece of personal knowledge rings louder and truer more than ever.

On the way back from the Rim, we got the news that we got the house. Meet with the landlord tomorrow, and then let the gatherings begin.

The short camping trip was amazing and very traditional. V and I fished, but only caught crawdads. Went out into the woods to collect fire wood. Had a wonderful dinner that mainly consisted of smores. The weather was quite nice except for a few choice moments, especially when in the middle of the night we were loudly awoken from our bed when a slight storm blew through, and took the hat off our tent and ripped out all the stakes. Then we ran out immediately in our undies to save the top of the tent. We saved the day, but when we were finished it was as calm and quiet in the sky as if nothing had ever happened. This is like twenty minutes after the mini cyclone came raging in. So we both sat up in bed and ate some graham crackers, which may have been the best tasting graham crackers I have ever had the joy in partaking in. Neither of us thought we would be able to go to sleep, so we were both sound asleep in the next fifteen minutes. I awoke in the morning and V made me a classic camping breakfast, which we topped off with our final smore of the trip.

It was the best camping trip I've been on since I was a kid. Things of couse went wrong, but even in chaos everything was peaceful, serene, and under control. Everything was wonderful.

Tonight we are going out to see Jake perform at a bar in North Phoenix, then we are going to go over to Jenn's friends house afterwards for a night of swimming. Oh the countryside and now the city life. Things are going well.

Reason sits quiet in front of Beauty.

Sometimes though reason wakes from its spellbound slumber and takes control of the reins. Then you can look at what had you bewitched and instead of finding the captivating beauty, alternatively there resides the standard of ugliness.

The last time a Potter book was released I went to the opening at my local Barnes and Noble store. I think the Potter series is cute, but I didn't have so much of an interest in the new book as I did in the chaos of the bookstore. Well I wasn't disappointed last time, especially when I was run over by five little kids all dressed up as wizards. This time however things were a bit different. I had been swimming in north Scottsdale for most of the day, so I went to the Desert Ridge B&N up there. The book store was definitely way overcrowded, but there wasn't very much mischief or mayhem this time. A bit dissapointing. They did count down the seconds to midnight, and when they hit zero, I was waiting for my Harry Potter's Eve kiss.

I need to get to bed, V and I are going camping for a few days at the Mogollon Rim.

Last night, I came home a bit after midnight, and planned on just getting some preparations into order. Everything was going fine, and then I get a phone call just a bit after 2am. It was from a little too intoxicated Mollie and Virginia. They were at a Whataburger after a night of drinking and were in no condition to be driving. So I drove over there to pick them up and take them home. When I walked into the store M looked at me and told me that there will be a rule in our house which has already been agreed upon by M and V, and that rule is hot boys are not allowed to wear shirts, and that includes G and I. When we decided to leave we ran into some logisticical problems. There were now two vehicles, but only one sober driver. In the end, we left my truck in the parking lot, and I drove the girls to M's place in her RAV4. All was fine, and while M quickly passed out, V and I stayed up late watching Princess Bride before crashing. In the morning we came back for my truck, which was still there thank goodness. Then I took V to pick up her car. We met up with G, and he drove the four of us to see a rental. In all, it was awesome, we filled out the applications, and hopefully will be moving in on Tuesday. So let the games begin!!!!