For the first time in a year and a half, I can say this Epic Weekend In Pictures almost felt "normal," again. I was very happy to get Awesome Girlfriend Megan back up here on Campus in Vernon again. This weekend involved some new adventures, a return to some old adventures, me grilling, and us getting to see a dear friend on his birthday.

We will start with Thursday night. An iHeart colleague who works at with our Boston radio stations among others, reached out to me on Instagram (cheap self plug alert, @SteveAllanRadio,) and let me know that she was in town. Bex informed me that she grew up in Franklin and was home visiting family, asking if she could borrow one of our studios to record some of her weekend shows. I told her how we basically traded places despite never having met before, me growing up in Mansfield, Ma and working at our iHeart stations in Franklin, NJ, whereas she grew up in Franklin, and is working at our iHeart stations in Boston.

Whenever anyone wants to visit our radio station, I always text them our address, 45 Ed Mitchell Ave, Franklin, NJ 07416. Why? Here in New Jersey as you probably know, I think we have 17 variations of Franklins, give or take. Poor Bex mistook her Franklin Township for our Franklin Borough. 1 hour 20 minutes further away than she expected.

When she was able to make her way all the way up here, we were very happy to meet and have her here. She's a total rock star, sweetheart.

Right after my new friend Bex left, the clouds started to get darker and darker. WOW. Friday afternoon was one of the most intense thunderstorms I have ever watched. I'm very grateful that we were able to dodge massive downed lines and power outages etc. As long as there aren't any injuries or damage involved, the thunderstorms are very fun to watch. For 2-3 straight hours it seemed like nonstop booming noises from the thunderstorms.

After the smoke cleared from the intense thunderstorms, the sky turned beautiful. It was in the mid 70s, with a clear sky. Meg and I were ready to join our friends at our Campus Tiki Moonshine Bar. Unfortunately it was closed due to the earlier thunderstorms. We always try to be solution oriented. Instead, we enjoyed our drinks on the veranda just outside Kite's. Perfect. We were able to enjoy an absolutely beautiful sunset. We had such a wonderful Friday night with Jasen, Carrie, Christine, Chris, Spooner, and Patti and Kevin The Plumber too.

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