It's Been Awhile...

It's been almost a month since I've written a post. I'm not purposefully slacking, just been busy hanging out with my boyfriend. Yes, we're using those terms now and it's pretty nice - definitely makes me smile.

And this whole month has been an adventure. There has been a lot of hockey watching and cheering for the Pens through the playoffs and into the Stanley Cup (after my Flyers lost to them, of course.) We've also spent a lot of time outside on the porch talking with friends we've had for awhile and making new friends in my neighborhood. We've had a couple fun nights in Bloomfield where he lives, and trips to Oakland. We've gone for countless drives in his car enjoying the afternoon or evening air and once to kill time until my car was done being worked on. Some of my other favorite activities were a friend's BBQ in North Park on Memorial Day weekend, going to Kennywood on Memorial Day, hanging out for my birthday (the actual day and the celebration the Saturday after), and recently a trip to McConnell's Mill to go hiking.

We're also planning a camping trip in July. So far we have 2 chairs and a bike rack that I'm carting around in my car. And this stuff to add to the fire to make it change different colors - that's my camping excitement. His is the survival kit that he's bringing. I think I like my entertaining camping thing better! We spent an evening putting together the list and figuring out what I can borrow from my mom and what he can borrow from his dad. We even planned the meals out. So we're all ready to go and just need to pick a weekend...and cut the grass at my cabin. Normally I would say that it would suck since I hate manual labor, but I have a feeling that I'll have fun doing it anyway since it's part of our camping trip. (Yes, we are camping at my cabin, which is more primitive than the nearby campgrounds, but the campgrounds don't allow alcohol.) A second camping trip to Cooks' Forest is also on the table as well along with a trip to T-Vegas with my roommate later this summer. And lastly, teaching me to drive a stick shift car since if anything ever happened on one of our trips and we're in his car, we're screwed because I can't drive stick.

So that's my update in a nutshell...lots of activities to keep busy over the summer and be happy enjoying each others company. The next steps is the meeting of the parents...but that is still in the planning process. We're better with the camping thing since he's still a little bit afraid my mom doesn't like him and I'm afraid that I'll be mad at his dad.