Happy St Patrick's Day! We have been busy celebrating all week! Allison and I started the weekend off on Saturday morning singing with the GS choir in a St Patrick's Day parade. We ended the evening singing with the GS choir in a GS Talent show. Unfortunately it was an hour drive there and an hour drive back just to sing for 12 minutes! But they needed all the help they could get. In between I was resting up for a St Patrick's Day party at our neighbors. I am still not feeling great, but it was nice to sit and talk to the neighbor women who I had not chatted with since the Super Bowl. Tom had enough chatting and left early with our neighbor. Scott and I had to be pried out of the house. Allison stayed home to do school work.

Allison had to work Friday night and Sunday afternoon, so she did not have alot of free time. She also was dragged over to CarMax on Friday afternoon to test drive new/used cars. I mentioned that Allison could use a newer car if she needs one at college-one built in this century. Tom wasn't too keen on the idea, but thought about it and was going to sacrifice his Vibe for a trade in. He would drive the Toyota Echo that Allison uses and she could have the new car. They both settled on a Honda Fit. Very nice hatchback, 4 door. And they found a 2yr old car in her favorite color(blue) with 14, 000 miles. Then Tom found a brand new Honda Fit for only $300 more dollars. Crazy! But he did not get quite as much of a trade in value on his Vibe that he wanted, so we opted to postpone. We are not sure if Allison really needs a new car at school, but if she does, we still have time. I just didn't want her commuting back and forth for 2.5 hrs in a run down car. She doesn't need to blow off the Bay Bridge! But we hear they also have shuttle buses that drive back and forth to the airport, so she could take that when she comes home for break. Anyway, we will learn more about her school when we go for a tour at EAster.

And we were busy with SCott and his scout troop as they held a Court of Honor. That is where they pass out any badges the boys have earned recently and give out awards. Scott was sad not to be chosen for the Order of the Arrow-an NHS for boy scouts including a scout "hazing" ritual where the boy has to sleep in a tent alone(Scott loves that), limited food(not so great) and no talking(Scott would die) for a whole weekend. We told him he is pretty busy right now and he can wait. He did however get sworn in as a Patrol Leader. And he got recognized for his Dog Care badge. And for taking a leadership training class. So he was happy with the dinner and dessert and their skit. 

Meanwhile, I was so busy and worn out from work(don't like our new bosses-we have 4 and they all say different things. I have a continuous headache!). Anyway, I missed the GS Board meeting last Tuesday night. So did Allison. I did not get it on my calendar fast enough and they did not send out a reminder email. Too much stuff, too little time.

I did manage to get the dog to the groomers on Sunday after mass. And I did manage to go into work for an extra day on Friday because it has been so busy. Naturally one of the new bosses messed up my time card for that day. Lovely. Anyhow, while I was at work, Tom very nicely dropped me off and took in my mini van for an oil change. It was also making strange beeping sounds. And they wanted to sell him new tires(over $1000!). Apparently my mini van tires are not cheap though but Tom hates the dealership hassle.