Our weekend was again quite busy. I managed to type up my yearly Christmas letter and picked up our Christmas pictures. Now I just have to put the two together! I talked Tom and Scott into going out to dinner at The Red Robin Friday night while I picked up our photos. We wanted to stop in and pick up some Red Robin gift cards since they have a promotion and were giving out a free movie ticket to The Hobbit with every $25 gift card you buy. A good deal! And a good meal!
On Saturday, Scott and I got up early to volunteer with the Boy Scouts at the Jingle Bell Run in our local park. It is a 5K around the lake. When we arrived in the morning, they already had more than enough help and were out of volunteer tshirts. The volunteer coordinator asked us to wait until the race was over and then we could help clean up. Instead of waiting, Scott asked if he could run the race! We quickly signed him up, changed his shirt, slapped on a timer and a number and away he went! It was his very first 5K race! He did pretty well considering he had started the race at the very end. Also the sidewalk they ran on was very wet and slippery and crowded. So it was hard to get around the walkers, strollers and dogs. But he managed to finish in 32 mins. And he didn't even have on the right shoes! So that was the end of our volunteering! We headed home so he could get busy studying and doing homework assignments. Tom helped him review his science homework since Tom was heading out of town on Sunday. In the evening, Tom and I invited our neighbor Dan and California friend, John D out to dinner and then to The US Army Band and Choir Christmas program at the Meyerhoff Performing Arts Center in downtown Baltimore. The concert was free and once again, we were incredibly impressed with their performance. I was just surprised they did not fill up the auditorium. I don't think enough people know about them.
On Sunday, Tom headed off to California for work. Scott got busy on his homework. I headed out to participate in the Mayor's Christmas Parade in Hampden with the Girl Scout choir. It was quite a work out-a long, 2 mile uphill hike with us singing and doing hand gestures to match the words. They had 150 entries-we were #63! We tried to participate in this event last year and it was snowed out. At least the weather cooperated this year. A chilly but sunny 48 degrees. And I am definitely getting my fill of the holidays.
Tom and Scott hung lights outside last weekend, complete with a light show and music. So this weekend we started tackling the decorating inside the house by putting up the Christmas tree. Last weekend I helped my parents decorate their apt with a Christmas tree and manger scene. It looks like I tweaked my back hauling containers in and out of their storage unit. It made it difficult to sit at the computer all week at work and get much done around the house.
Unfortunately, work decided to switch to a whole new computer system(it is not fun). And unlike last time when we all started, there was no orientation to this new system. So I plan on spending a lot more time at the computer(and I hope my back starts to feel better so I can type more!). I also had to sign up for next year's benefits. What a pain. On top of that, I had a few teacher conferences to attend at Scott's school. I wanted to chat with a few of his new teachers to get an idea of what he should expect next year. They will be recommending next year's classes by Christmas! I just wanted to make sure Scott was on the right track. We would have loved to move him to another Spanish class since I found out his current class is full of sophomores and juniors that failed Spanish 1 and were retaking the course. Great. They really don't care about studying now.
Scott is also continuing with his Weds night Confirmation classes. He had to skip his Sunday night catechism class this week because of all his homework.
I also took some time off work to take my mom to an orthopedic MD to check out her knee. She had a left knee replaced about 10 + yrs ago. She decided it did not hurt enough to go through surgery again(but it is pretty worn out). I was just happy that my Dad decided to attend the Sr Center Swim program on his own this week while mom was at the doctor's office. A big step in both of their new lives. I just wish I also could have enjoyed the family Holiday brunch with them on Sunday.
Can't be in two places at the same time(don't know if I want to either!). Now I have to go work on cookie making for the cookie exchange next weekend. Fun never stops! K-
Scott runs his first 5K!
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