hey kids, you're favorite resident of 1501 clarence avenue, has returned. after a week of teaching sailing, canoeing, paddleboating, pontoon boating, and boat building (do you sense a theme here?), i have returned from the abyss. it was a good week full of getting wet, getting no sleep, and getting annoyed at my favorite name camper (secret code for the kid that you have to constantly say their name to get them to shut up). i was finally at home in bed, when my dad woke me up and told me that we were driving to pittsburgh for the falcione family reunion. that's right, after a week of no sleep, i drove for two and a half hours to the township of moon, for the most fun under the sun: italian food, raffles, dice games, dominoes, and egg tosses. oh yes, and i also had the extreme pleasure of answering the same questions about thirty times. "how old are you now?", "what grade are you going into?", "what are you looking at doing after you graduate?", "are you driving yet?", "my, you're getting tall!" ok, so the last one wasn't a question, but nonetheless, it was still asked by everyone of my family members on my dad's side. boy am i glad to be home.