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		<title>The Great Visit of MattyP</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend was simply amazing.  A good buddy of mine whom I met during my first semester at St John&#8217;s, MattyP, came to visit.  Matty and his roommate Jay kept me sane that semester,  and proved to be two of the only real friends I had there.  I owe a lot to both of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://john.whelans.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/2748041387_b4a447709b_b1.jpg" rel="lightbox[363]"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-364" style="margin: 5px;" title="2748041387_b4a447709b_b1" src="http://john.whelans.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/2748041387_b4a447709b_b1-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a>This past weekend was simply amazing.  A good buddy of mine whom I met during my first semester at St John&#8217;s, MattyP, came to visit.  Matty and his roommate Jay kept me sane that semester,  and proved to be two of the only real friends I had there.  I owe a lot to both of them, and consider myself lucky to have such a great friendship with Matty still today.   </p>
<p>The last time I had seen Matty was a little over a year ago,  when I was in his wedding.  As you can imagine, I missed him! This was his first trip to Indy, and his first time meeting my longtime girlfriend Ann. A great time was had by all.</p>
<p><img class="alignright" src="http://john.whelans.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/mattyp-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" />Matty arrived Friday afternoon,  and after a tour of my house we went out for a bike ride around my neighborhood, the Eagle Creek Greenway and some neighborhoods nearby.  It was incredibly relaxing and fun &#8211; the weather was gorgeous.  After that we made plans for the evening with Trevor and Ben &#8211; dinner at Ted&#8217;s Montana Grill with Trevor, followed by rock band at his apartment (Matty thoroughly enjoyed Rock Band),   then we went to Ben&#8217;s and watched Snatch before finally returning home and watching some Weed&#8217;s on my AppleTV. </p>
<p>Saturday we woke up and Matty was awesome and willing to help out with some chores around the house &#8211; in fact, he offered to mow the lawn while I took care of some much needed weeding in the front yard.  He did a fantastic job and I&#8217;m very appreciative of his help (this was three weeks overdue).  Afterwards we hung out watching Boondock Saints until Ann could come over.   We went and got some burgers to grill beer to drink and a frisbee to toss.  </p>
<p><a href="http://john.whelans.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/ann1.jpg" rel="lightbox[363]"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-367" title="ann1" src="http://john.whelans.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/ann1-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" /></a>The burgers turned out perfect,   and the beer was good.  The company was awesome &#8211; it was one of those nights where I wouldn&#8217;t want to be anywhere but where I was.</p>
<p>Sunday morning I got the news that Matty could stay longer than initially planned,   so we went out and did some shopping (and picked up a football to toss around),   then went home and played outside for a while. Ann came by after work and we all went to dinner, then to Coldstone Creamery for desert before Matty departed for his home of Milwaukee.</p>
<p>It was an awesome weekend, and I really hope it can be done again soon!</p>
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