Rockin' out with Matt & Liz

Happy Birthday, Liz. Its the big 22, your still a young'un though.

Everyone knows that my life has went through a rocky patch the last 2 years. Its been just about 6 months since I have met you and Matt, things have really slowed down since then, which has been very good. There is really only one person that has known what has been going on inside my mind over the last 6 months. Its been a quieter rocky time. I never really let you or Matt in all the way with what was going on, except for the time I let Matt read one of the txt messages on my cell phone and he proceeded to read them all. Even though you two haven't been privy to all that was going on, you both still understood and were there for me, even when no one knew anything was wrong.

I have been really open about things going on in my life over the last 2 years (at least open for a hermit like me), so I'm sure some people were wondering why I held back so much on this particular story. Well I guess its just a old story that has been repeating its self for 5 years now. Now I would have loved to have shared this story with everyone, but even though I'm not a psychic, I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express once or twice so I had a very good idea of the outcome. I have seen it happen a few times before and I figured it would be easier if I didn't have to explain anything when it all came crashing down. Have you heard the song by John Mayer - Slow dancing in a burning room? It says it all.

You two have really become part of my family. Right down to coming to my family functions, just to get ammo on me. The teddy bear is safe back were it belongs, HA. You both mean a lot to me. Liz, your like a sister with your happy smile that always cheers me up and gets me in the mood to drink more margaritas than I probably should. Matt, The Guardian. Always ready to lend a hand, whether its getting my back when some punk is trying to piss on my car or the quiet acknowledgement you know something is bothering me. When my old hang outs were not familiar to me anymore, you guys brought me back to my older hangouts that have not been familiar to me for a long time. You made them home again and helped me find new roads to travel. No, I'm not talking about the ghetto in Pittsburgh either :)

I truly don't know what I would have done over the last 6 months if I didn't have you two to hang out with.

Enough of that, Now its Summer time, time for some new adventures. See ya this weekend!

Don't you think we oughta know by now?

Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?