So I've had quite the stellar time since I last posted. Last Wednesday I had a BBQ at my house, which was a blast despite the weather being the worst day of the week, but good company and food more than made up for the clouds and cold. God miraculously placed a grill in my basement as up to the night before the BBQ I still wasn't sure what we were going to grill on. Everyone got a tour of my gigantic house and were awe struck by the Chinese Wedding bed in the basement. Thursday was we played possibly the most fun game of ultimate Frisbee I've ever played which could 
potentially be due to the fact that my team dominated Team Libby. There black eye paint didn't intimidate us. There were a lot of stellar plays and even more laughs. The only downfall of the night was getting my first wood tick of the year which latched on. To add a little more excitement to it, he was at the perfect stage where you couldn't tell if he was a harmless wood tick or a disease infested deer tick. Thankfully, it is clearing up and I don't have a bulls-eyed shaped rash. Thank you Jesus! One souvenir I don't want to bring home from Maine is Lyme's Disease.
potentially be due to the fact that my team dominated Team Libby. There black eye paint didn't intimidate us. There were a lot of stellar plays and even more laughs. The only downfall of the night was getting my first wood tick of the year which latched on. To add a little more excitement to it, he was at the perfect stage where you couldn't tell if he was a harmless wood tick or a disease infested deer tick. Thankfully, it is clearing up and I don't have a bulls-eyed shaped rash. Thank you Jesus! One souvenir I don't want to bring home from Maine is Lyme's Disease. Friday night was the first night a an AMAZING weekend. The weather was perfect for an 
outdoor baseball game so that's what we did. Rob, Leah, Sarah, Kim, and I headed down to Portland to watch a Seadogs game. It was a good game and a great crowd and the food/drinks were actually vaguely reasonable. Sarah and I busted out early Saturday morning for Boston where we explored the town for the day walking the Freedom Trail, soaking in the history and eating some tasty food. Yes, Sam Adams Boston Lager does actually taste better in Boston and Canoli's on the north side are quite good. I recommend. In addition to the Freedom Trail we were fortunate enough to be there during Earthfest- a free music festival held in the park next to Charles River. We were able to catch KT Tunstall and Guster. Sweet! We then bailed to hang out in the park before grabbing something to eat. We spent the night in Manchester BTS with Dokken and the Halgesen's who were as hospital as always and gave us quite a surprise when we walked in the door.
outdoor baseball game so that's what we did. Rob, Leah, Sarah, Kim, and I headed down to Portland to watch a Seadogs game. It was a good game and a great crowd and the food/drinks were actually vaguely reasonable. Sarah and I busted out early Saturday morning for Boston where we explored the town for the day walking the Freedom Trail, soaking in the history and eating some tasty food. Yes, Sam Adams Boston Lager does actually taste better in Boston and Canoli's on the north side are quite good. I recommend. In addition to the Freedom Trail we were fortunate enough to be there during Earthfest- a free music festival held in the park next to Charles River. We were able to catch KT Tunstall and Guster. Sweet! We then bailed to hang out in the park before grabbing something to eat. We spent the night in Manchester BTS with Dokken and the Halgesen's who were as hospital as always and gave us quite a surprise when we walked in the door.Sunday we left early to head to a church in Fairfield, Connecticut to watch Sarah's sister perform in a musical called Encore, which was hilarious. I was really quite impressed. After narrowly missing out on Broadway tickets, we headed down to NYC where I got my first chance at driving in the BIG city and trying to find parking, but with are mad skills (and since it was Sunday) we were able to find free parking for the day. Super Sweet! We did a lot of walking through central 
park, to St. Patrick's Cathedral, Time's Square, the Chrysler building, the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Plaza, and Mariella's Pizza (good food). That night we stayed in a hostel which was a little sketchy but really cheap. We stayed dorm style with 8 other people in the same room. Which was all fine until, the last two people came in and decided to whisper for about an hour (Sarah managed to sleep through this part). Finally the guy sleeping below them hit the wall to get them to be quite (I don't think he spoke much English) and the rude guy starts talking out loud giving him crap saying hitting the wall isn't normal, what's wrong, etc, etc. Meanwhile Sarah woke up to a loud bang on the wall and some one telling someone else they aren't normal. She was a little freaked. I just wanted them to shut up so I could sleep. Needless to say the couple finally stopped whispering, which unfortunately lead to the him snoring VERY loud.
park, to St. Patrick's Cathedral, Time's Square, the Chrysler building, the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Plaza, and Mariella's Pizza (good food). That night we stayed in a hostel which was a little sketchy but really cheap. We stayed dorm style with 8 other people in the same room. Which was all fine until, the last two people came in and decided to whisper for about an hour (Sarah managed to sleep through this part). Finally the guy sleeping below them hit the wall to get them to be quite (I don't think he spoke much English) and the rude guy starts talking out loud giving him crap saying hitting the wall isn't normal, what's wrong, etc, etc. Meanwhile Sarah woke up to a loud bang on the wall and some one telling someone else they aren't normal. She was a little freaked. I just wanted them to shut up so I could sleep. Needless to say the couple finally stopped whispering, which unfortunately lead to the him snoring VERY loud. We woke up early enough Monday to catch the Today Show and luck would
have it that Maroon 5 was giving a concert there. So yes that does mean another free concert for us. This one was even better because we were able to get behind the stage and be ridiculously close to the band, not to mention we got on TV. Woohoo- 2 seconds of fame. We met up eventually with Sarah's sister, Nikki, and her friends from Crown College in MN. We hung out for the day experiencing the NYC subway, Chinatown, the Staten Island Ferry, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island (from a distance), and Ground Zero. Ground Zero looks like a construction site as that is essentially what it is, but there is a museum there now which is quite moving. Funny, or sad, how quickly our country became united and how quickly we've forgotten and divided. Finally after a lot more walking and site seeing we headed back to Maine and got back to Freeport about 1:30 AM. I got back to my place and to bed by 2:30 AM and woke up at 5:30AM to get to work. I'm still trying to catch up on sleep. 
The rest of the week has been low key. The weather is going down hill again. We had a guys night last night as the girls were painting pots for Kim's birthday. So we got cigars, and hung out on the coast and discussed deep thoughts. Quite scholarly of us, I know. But honestly it was a lot of fun.
This weekend- ACADIA National Park, finally. Hope all is well. Two weeks left here... or a year???
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Sounds like a fantastic weekend! A year, Craig? You know you would get a visitor, or 2, if that happened! Enjoy your last couple weeks, and we will see you soon!
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