I am just sitting down with a glass of wine after enjoying some great steak and corn on the cob that Tom cooked for us tonite. And as an added bonus I had a few slices of one of my tomatoes ripe off the vine in my flower garden. We are waiting to enjoy some dessert with our neighbors out on the patio, but it is still pretty hot out there at 830 pm. This has definitely been the dog days of summer. Speaking of dogs, looks like Cookie is ready for another day at the spa-she is starting to resemble a polar bear again. She goes in for a hair cut on Friday. And our Allison has returned from Grandma and Grandpa Bozyk's. Sounds like she really enjoyed spending a big part of her summer there(4wks total). Last week she was busy sailing. She spent most of her last week swimming and enjoying some fireworks with a campfire on the beach. She also got in her last book reports for the summer library reading club. When she returned home she was able to bid on a Twilight package complete with a Twilight poster and music CD. book and sweetheart candies. She tried for a Twilight purse made out of the bookcover, but lost by 3 points! For those not aware, Twilight was the big vampire hit with the teeny boppers. The first movie came out last Thanksgiving-look for the sequel this holiday season. Anyhow, Allison really enjoyed the whole series. She managed to get in quite a bit of reading this summer and Grandma Bozyk made sure to add some culture to her repetoire(in the form of videos). No cable in the Michigan beach house.
Tom drove up to Mich on Thursday to pick up Allison. He had some videotaping to complete at Uof M so he stopped in on his way to the Bozyk house in West Bloomfield. They arrived a bit late since they stopped at the East Jordan Health Clinic picnic before driving home on Thursday night. Mom and Dad Bozyk will be in WB for about 2 weeks before heading back to Charlevoix. Tom and Allison headed back to Maryland on Friday after a stop over at the CVS pharmacy to get a sports physical for Allison. She would like to try out for the High School Field Hockey Team and they required her to have a sports physical before she even tried out. Thank goodness for minute clinics. She was done in a flash and they got home around 8pm.
Bright and early Saturday morning, I took Allison up to the High School for her first try out. They had the girls run around the school twice in 2 hrs. Apparently it is all about the running. Allison has some pretty good ball handling skills that she picked up at summer camp, but the running is pretty tough-2 miles without stopping. Tom went with her and they both ran around the school tonight-Tom had to stop a few more times than Allison. You go girl! Sadly, they had 27 girls sign up for Field Hockey, but they only take 18, so they have some cuts to make. Not quite as bad as our neighbors whose son is attending a catholic HS and he tried out for the soccer team with 63 other boys. They only need about 20! Keep your fingers crossed for Allison. She has two practices per day all week and then they will decide. We do have a back up plan if she doesn't make this team. Howard County has a team for high school girls as well, so she can always play for them. Mainly she just wants to play.
Tom took a test bike ride up to the school with Allison since she will have to ride herself up to practice this week while we are at work. Tom had to pick up a new bike this morning since it looks like his old bike is out of commission. He had a bent rim on his back tire and 8 broken spokes, and the bike repairman told Tom his bike was too old to fix! They no longer have the tools to repair the bike tire, and they can't get the parts either! Boy do we feel old! It is about 20 yrs old. Tom is going to keep checking bike shops, but for now he opted to buy a replacement. We headed to Costco and got a nice replacement for about $300. The bike repairman said it would cost him around $600 at the most to fix Tom's bike! So Tom had a shiny new bike to ride up to the high school with Allison today. And I am hoping we get a few trips in this Fall(when the weather is a bit cooler!).