Thanksgiving weekend... Late.

(Oops, sorry for posting this late, its been sitting in my phone since the plane ride back from Danville after Thanksgiving... I had forgotten about it.)

Dave was still talking, half lecturing the class about life as a graphic designer, half just killing time to let us work on projects. I'll never remember what it was he as actually saying, one because I was only doing a mental countdown till Fall and two, because I actually had gotten up and left. I felt bad standing in the hallway, having left a smidgen earlier than the rest of the class, but I didn't mull over it too much.

Got back to my apt and I Went strait upstairs to tell Abby. Subconsciously, I think I went there first because I wanted to be rushed to get out faster, but logically, I definitely should have finished getting ready and the told her because hearing "Oh my God hurry up! I WANT TO LEAVE" for the next 10-15 minutes was almost NOT worth it.

I blinked!

The drive was over. We were in Danville! 6 hours had passed, Abby had not peed. I was proud but my mind could only focus on the feeling in my stomach. I was nervous!

I've never been really successful with girl friend's families before, not because they didn't like me, but they just never trusted their daughters with other guys, the good girls. Since Sheley is as good (better even) than the past ones, i figured there was a good chance this could go horibly bad, especially because I would be here 4 days.
I was so completly wrong.
Whether it was me being on a roll or the Price family just being so incredible welcoming, the first Impressions went over amazingly. Huge hug for Sheley, one for Sam, one for Mama D, a well placed hand shake for Papa Diego (just tryin the name out) and a big hug for Ryan and I had made it through the gates.

Sheley woke me up the next morning and oh how wonderful it was to see her face the first thing! I got up and got dressed to go running and Sheley had a few classes to get out of the way. This here was my chance to explore the neighborhood. It was so beautiful... So amazing SO PERFRCT! A 20 minute run turned into 40 minutes (partly because I kept stopping at every end to look out snt rolling green hills, partly because my lungs felt amazing in the clean air, and partly because I got lost...)
Got back, showered, and heading downstairs I knew It was interaction time. I had talked to Mama D a few times before on facebook but I knew our first real life conversation was coming up. Scary right? Somehow, I didn't have any fear, I was actually looking forward to talking to her! She asked me questions which I enjoyed answering and simply enjoyed each others company for the morning and then everyone else woke up, it's a blur as to the order of awakening, but it was soon sibling bonding time.
Abby and I have had TONS of bonding time already, so I had no worries there, it was Ryan and Sam that I needed to get to know. Sibling had never really been a problem for me, I usually can find something on common with all of them and generally, they are a lot of fun for me, being that I have 4 siblings myself. I didn't want to mess this one up at all!
We went to the mall and Abby split as soon as we got into the mall. Ryan, Sam, and I went through the mall, looking around through various shops and having fun in each one. Being that we are all guys, not much shopping happened, but I especially enjoyed the lack of awkwardness. It was completely comfortable hanging out with them, especially when we went into the store with the massage chairs!
Sheley met us there and the rest of the day was hers, finishing out the mall, then the movies, back home for a second and the off to her friend Pauls house for Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy and other various movies while we waited for Sara to bring the main movie. Her friends are amazingly fun! I enjoyed myself.
My bonding time with Dave was short but sweet. I tried hard to blow his mind with my knowledge about computers, but was fended off by a shock back as we were evenly matched and he had all the programs, rendering me dang near useless in the situation. It felt nice to not have to worry about troubleshooting a computer, but at the same time I wanted to show I was helpful... oh well. It was still a good conversation.

Looking back on the whole thing, I realize now it was very short, yet as close to perfection as I could ever imagine. I definitely cannot wait to go back....