So we had a very busy weekend visiting with Allison at Salisbury University. Every year the school puts on FAmily Weekend. We drove to the eastern shore on Friday since Scott was out of school and Tom and I were off work. Scott actually had a very short week with Monday and Friday off and a half day on Thursday. He finally got to ride his bike to and from school which amazed all the kids and staff(no one rides to school) although he did not have to since the buses were running that day. But he enjoyed it.

So we took Allison her car on Friday. Which meant both Tom and I had to drive. I had Scott and Cookie. We decided to drop her off at a kennel near the University so Allison could visit and so that we did not have to wait an extra day to pick her up as we usually get home late. We made it to Salisbury around 11 and Tom dropped off Allison's car while I picked Allison up so we could all drive to the kennel and drop off Cookie! Sound confusing? Afterwards, we stopped into lunch at one of Allison's new favorite coffee shops next to where she plays Field Hockey. Turns out the owner was from Birmingham, Michigan. Her use of the word "POP" gave her away when I asked for something to drink. After lunch we picked up a new fish for Allison's tank(the first one didn't do quite so well). We stopped her fish into her room and Tom assembled a night stand next to her bunk bed that he put together. We also stopped into the bookstore to pick up some Salisbury tshirts to wear for the weekend. That evening, we had dinner in the main dining hall. They had a Halloween themed dinner with salmon, hot wings and roast beef, mashed potatoes and lots of fun, chocolatey desserts! They even had a band playing during dinner. Afterwards we took Allison and Scott to a haunted hay ride/haunted house/corn maze over the border in Delaware. This was a yearly event put on by the Volunteer fire dept. and boy scouts. It was pretty creepy and a fun evening.

On Saturday we started the morning with a continental breakfast outside and a meet and greet of a few of Allison's business school profs. Tom and Allison worked on a business proposal as part of a contest-still waiting to hear if we won! Since breakfast was not very filling, we tried a breakfast restaurant just off campus for bacon and eggs before heading over to the Salisbury football game. They don't have a very big stadium-actually they don't have a stadium at all. Just bleachers like a high school football field. Apparently they are building a stadium, but for now we brought our own chairs and sat on the lawn at the end zone. The game was fun-Salisbury beat a very enthusiastic team from New York-John Fisher College. But it was rainy the whole time so we were happy to be finished and back in our car. We ended up at the movies at the local mall. Allison and I wanted to see Captain Phillips, the Somalia pirate movie. It was very intense. And dry. And had lots of popcorn. After the movie, we caught some dinner at Ruby Tuesdays and headed back to campus for a free Comedy/Magic show with an Asian guy from LA called Joseph Tran. Very funny and he had some great card tricks. We even met up with another family from Ellicott City(and one of my former girl scouts).  

On Sunday we ate breakfast back in the dining hall and enjoyed listening to a  jazz band play during our made to order omelet meals. Afterwards we headed over  to watch Allison play Field Hockey  against William and Mary. They had two games and won both. Allison played in the second. It was a much sunnier day and we enjoyed sitting out on our chairs cheering on the girls. We then took Allison out to lunch and walked around the Salisbury zoo for a few hours before picking up Cookie at the kennel. She enjoyed walking around campus a bit and saying hi to nice college girls that wanted to pet her. But then she had to sit in the car while we ate dinner and watched our RAvens lose miserably to the Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo Wild Wings(surprisingly surrounded by a lot of Pittsburgh fans). Then we had to say goodbye to Allison and get back home.

Both Scott and Allison got the majority of their homework done before the weekend which put a lot less pressure on them both to have fun. Allison is busy with midterms. I have been busy sending her care packages. I even had a Salisbury pumpkin made for her at Michaels. I could use a green S pumpkin for State!  So we had a fun weekend and loved seeing Allison!

Congrats to neice Stacey on running her first Marathon in Indy. How cool is that! I will be enjoying my 5K walk with Cookie in a few weeks to raise money for the Brain Injury Association with my fellow coworkers. Scott will soon be participating in his run/walk at school.