a good weekend.

as we made the push home last night i was thinking... i was thinking about the path that relationships take...kind of like the weather. some are tumultuous...storm fronts and wind yielding to clear, sun filled days. others are more dependable, san diego weather. pat is my southern california...steady and solid. dependable. i always feel like i can talk about the big things with him...and then back to the trivial. ebb and flow...but always fun. since the day he left for duluth for college before my senior year of high school i've been saying i need to see him more...and it's still a battle i fight. but a battle worth while because everytime we're able to arrange a meeting i come away feeling happy that he is my friend.

that is unless we are playing madden. but i won't bore with the details (mostly because the details are an incrimination of my skills).

oliver spent his first night away from the both of us and did fine. it's a relief to know that we can leave our buddy and he doesn't freak out. sadie (my mom's dog) was cranky about the whole situation. and oliver's first interaction with a cat went ok...by the end he was trying to hump poor morrie. i guess that's better than trying to kill the cat! oddly, morrie seemed into it but i won't go into details...this isn't a pet porn site (yet).