My alarm was set for 3:30am, and I left at 4am. Why so early? Because Angela was going to arrive at Baltimore International at 10:45. I spoke to Angela the night before, and she said I can get there by noon, that way they have girl time, and I don’t have to leave as early. I just go for it though… I wanted to be there on time. Once it was daytime, I was on the phone. I spoke to Couch 4, as we were working on a project with Couch 53… we were going to market his skateboard and t-shirts…. quite original designs, and this stuff would move fast, I’m certain of it! However… this has been too long in negotiations, and we decided to scrap the contract, since we’ve put too much into it, and it seemed the client wasn’t putting in nearly as much effort. Actually, that wasn’t till the next week that we scrapped the contract. The day I got into Maryland, I sat in the car and tried the last negotiation. While I was finishing up, Angela and Amy arrived. Angela of course was trying to molest me while I’m still on the phone. One week later, on my way to New York, I would notify Couch 53’s partner that we are going to pass on marketing them.

We were supposed to go White-Water rafting that day, or the next… However, Couch 45 (Amy) decided it would be too cold, so we didn’t. I was pretty bummed, ’cause I’ve gone in freezing wa ter before…. I’ve gone water-skiing in the great lakes, in a wet-suit.. er… think it’s a dry-suit when it gets that cold. No worries. I was just happy to be around them. Amy strikes, or has in the past left the impression as a serious no-bullshit kinda girl. It was this perception that was completely shattered. This girl has one crazy sense of humor! In fact, I know call her my long-lost twin sister! Really! We call each other up “What up sis? ” “How’s it going bro?” Which is cool, ’cause my brothers and I sort of wanted a sister. Amy is like my friggin twin though! She’s athletic, a go-getter, does what she wants, gets angry when her time is wasted, and likes to mess with people! I had no idea! Guess that’s the whole book/judging thing.

Thursday we went looking for this haunted hill.. supposedly, you can put your car in neutral, and it will ride up-hill. We couldn’t find it, so we went to the grocery store… had some clerk follow us around, ’cause he and I got into a joke-off. We ended up getting a little trashed, and walked around the neighborhood, with the camera. It started off with a photo shoot of Amy on her balcony. Then we all walked around the neighborhood– the basketball courts, the tennis courts, trees…. It’s amazing how much time you can kill without doing much of anything. I was trying to slam dunk (I knew I wouldn’t come close… just thought it’d be a funny picture), I picked Angela up on my shoulders… All this fun stuff. I was hanging upside down from a tree… Doing a “bridge” - playing with light. Later, Amy was trying to teach me to do Cartwheels. I swear, she’s like a frigging ninja! She came out of nowhere, and did this so gracefully! I kept trying, and trying, and then… I got it! Before getting it however, I was yelling at Angela to just shut up already! She was so hyper! She kept talking, and making me laugh… and I didn’t want to get injured, I was trying to perform a new physical activity. Laugh all you want, but I’ve seen Couch 36 break his arm when we were at Nascar, because he was doing Cartwheels. Anyways… she was so funny, I just yelled “Dude, just shut up already!” Amy “Just ignore her!” Me “I can’t! She’s too funny! I can’t ignore her! She’s like a voice in my friggin head! Geez! I’m trying to do something, just shut up. You’re funny as hell.. making

me laugh non-stop… that’s why I love you!” — awkward silence, cover mouth. A gaze from Amy and Angela who looked at each other stunned.

Apparently, earlier that day Angela was complaining to Amy that I’ve never said “I love you” to her. I’ve never really said it to ANYONE! So.. this was kind of histORIcal, and definitely a big deal! I felt very young and athletic, after all the jumping and cartwheeling, and pushups, etc… 3 hours of bouncing off the walls, and rolling around.

After that, we went back to the house, ran a hot hot hot shower, and tried on for size the “I love you” thing. I was exhausted. The hot water was steaming, and it felt like I was relaxing in a rain forest. Angela rubbed down my back, and washed my hair with this exquisite-smelling shampoo. I hadn’t had time to “just sit there” in a long long time. You don’t realize that you haven’t just chilled, until you do it. I was so frigging content with the world at this point. I had just had fun, adventure, friends, exercise, a scenic drive, done business, hung out, got to see my girl, and said my 1st “I love you” — I’d say it was a productive day! Amy had given us sheets… she knew her couch would be used. I woke up happy.

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