22 Days

So today is Fathers' Day. We'll spend the morning with the family and the night at Colton's house. From there, Kelly and I will split up: he'll go to Zack's birthday party and I will go to Lane's aunts house for a musical night. Yesterday was our graduation party/celebration for all the June birthdays. It was nice. All of the extended family I met last Christmas was over; we ate lunch and talked and had a good time. Kelly and I invited Lane and Cameron to come celebrate as well, and we ended up spending most of the party with them. Of course, his lovely Aunt Maureen gushed about how she loves me and how lucky Kelly is to have me. I wish those words didn't sting; I wish they gave me confidence and made me elated because his family approves of me. But they hurt... significantly. After the family left Kelly, Cameron, Lane and I went down to the Kickapoo 175th-centennial fair for the third and final night. Lane and Kelly spent $8 each for paper bracelets. The bracelets let them on the bouncy rides as many times as they wanted; naturally, everything became from there on out a competition. It was hilarious. Kelly won at almost everything and Lane made a few upsets when he won. Cameron and I cheered them on whilst mocking Kelly's little sister's intelligence. Seriously, her IQ and waist size are about the same. Cameron went home earlyish to beat the drunk drivers. Then we sat outside with Kelly's cousin Josh and listened to music and chatted until we all went our separate ways at 11:30. I'm really excited for the week ahead. We're staying at Colton's tonight, then Monday is my day with Lane. On Wednesday Kelly, Cameron, Lane and I are going to Six Flags. Thursday Lane and I are going to see Avenue Q and he and Cameron will be staying the night here at Kelly's grandmothers' house. Then we leave on Saturday and the following Monday is my birthday!