So this past week Allison wrapped up her last days of 10th grade. She had finals Mon, Tuesday and WEds. all half days. They were spaced out pretty well so she had plenty of time to study. She even got out to see Super 8 with Tom on Tuesday since he had to leave work early for a dentist appointment.

Looks like Tom will be scheduling an appointment soon to have his wisdom teeth removed! Apparently his new dentist located a crack in one of the teeth and told him they should all come out. Better late than never! That will have to be on hold at least until he gets back from Britain.

He has been busy preparing for his trip-obtaining an updated passport and getting a physical along with a tetanus shot. Then it looked like the trip was going to be cancelled since the guy he was meeting had a death in the family. Instead they found someone else for Tom to meet with and off he went Saturday night.

But before he went I put him to work on Friday night helping out with my Girl Scout troop. I had Tom run the Car Sense Badge for the girls. They had to practice changing a tire, changing the oil, checking all the fluids and the air pressure and learned about air bags and anti lock brakes. We also went over how to register your car and obtain your Drivers Permit and license. Two of my girls are already driving with their parents and finished Driver's Training and got their permits.

Allison was supposed to start Drivers Training last Monday, but school was extended, so they started classes on Friday morning. Now she will have to go until after the 4th of July. And she is missing one class and has to make it up since she was scheduled to work that morning. ON top of all that, they went and changed the class location. It was originally scheduled at Allison's high school which would have been convenient for all of us. She could ride her bike to class and home again. Instead, the night before class started they informed us that due to the remodeling at the high school(they have the parking lot and front entrance all tore up), they would be moving the class to another school! So now I spend my lunch time driving from work to pick up Allison and drop her off at home before running back to work! Lovely. AT least we are headed in the right direction.

Scott spent his last week at the YMCA camp. Nothing too exciting there but he loves the fact that this Y was built on the property of an old estate. And down in the woods there is a creek and small pond. He loves hunting for crayfish and newts and splashing in the water. Sometimes the Y has an outing or special event for the week. This past week the theme was Western so they had a BBQ at lunch, but SCott said he could have eaten a whole lot more than they gave him! He also got to swim a few times last week which he loves. He is looking forward to his classes at the local college next week-Pets n Vets and Lego Robotics.

After our Girl Scout badge on Friday night, I fed the girls and a few ended up sleeping over. We put a movie outside in the backyard for them and they cooked S'Mores. Scott practiced his boy scout skills by making our fire in the fire pit on the driveway. We also ended up with a few straggler neighbor kids and adults that stopped by. I think I was just ready for bed. I had spent the day cleaning up the house for the guests, typing up an outline for the badge and shopping for the food. I also had to run Allison to her class and back and get SCott to camp. And I had to take the cat in for one more vet appointment since she was being treated for a bladder infection. Looks like it is all cleared up and I found out that the cat vet is retiring. Too bad-she was quite the character.

Tom was home busy with the yardwork. He still had to put some cleaner on the back of the house-last week he power washed the siding. The cleaner is supposed to help keep the algae from growing on the side of the house. Sadly it also killed my beautiful cucumbers and zuchinnis. Looks like I will just have tomatoes this year. Tom was also busy cutting the grass, although we have not had much rain lately and everything is drying up. And he finally fixed my poor Michigan cedar tree that was tipped over from the big snow last winter. I tried to tie up the branches, but I was too short. Even with the ladder-so Tom was able to pull all the branches together with twine and trim the top for me. Now it looks like a real tree again!

Allison also took a break and visited with some friends from school-watching videos and working on crochet projects. She discovered that one of the girls(a junior) lives just around the corner from our house. Since Allison is in quite a mix of classes, she has quite a mix of friends-all from different grades. A whole lot different than when Tom and I were in High School. Same for the driving program. The class she is in will only cover the book work. AFter it is done, she has to schedule her own time behind the wheel with an instructor: one on one. But before that she will have to get her permit. All in good time.

Scott and I were busy early SAturday morning with a boy scout service project while Tom was picking up bagels for the girl's sleepover. Scott and I and the scout's church group was busy cleaning up the side of our major road Route 40. I took along gloves and my picker upper(reacher) for the job which really helped. It gave us the practice for the upcoming major clean up after the 4th of July fireworks in Columbia that we are scheduled to help with. Scott will get paid for his time, along with all of us and the money is used to help pay for boy scout camp. Plus we get great parking for the event!

When Allison and the girls finally woke up, Allison had to go to work. Tom was busy running her back and forth. I ended up taking Scott and a neighbor friend out to see CArs on Saturday afternoon. We all really enjoyed it in 3D. When we got home, Scott invited himself over to his friend's house for a swim. Tom had already left for the Dulles airport and I was too tired to visit even though Allison and I were invited over to our neighbor's house as well. I just managed to get a walk in with Cookie.

ON Sunday morning I had to drop her off early to the pet store for her summer buzz cut. While she was there, I headed off to work. It has gotten very busy on our rehab unit so I went in for a few hours to help with patient evaluations. I did not get finished though when the pet store called to pick up Cookie. I decided to take a break and picked her up and then Scott and I went off to pick out Hermit Crabs for Scott's boy scout pet badge project(don't tell Tom). Scott enjoyed the rest of the afternoon setting up the terrarium. Meanwhile, I went back into work. Then off to the grocery store and before I knew it we were eating dinner at 730 that night.

Another very busy week. Plenty more to come in the following summer months! Here are some shots of the CAr Badge experience and SCott and fellow scout cleaning up the road.