Happy St Patrick's Day! Happy Palm Sunday!  Hope you all enjoyed your day of  Wearing of the Green and waving of the Palms! I am surprised our GS choir did not sing in one of the parades this year, but also grateful since the weekend before St Patty's Day was quite rainy. And we were at the Christian Rock concert.

A decent way for Allison to start her Spring Break. However, she spent the entire 1st day of the week at the dentist. She was trying to find out if she needed to have her wisdom teeth pulled. I had to send her to our dentist office that has the oral surgeon for a full assessment-xrays, cleaning. She found out she can wait a few more years on the wisdom teeth, but she had two small cavities that needed taken care of. So in the morning she had the exam and in the afternoon she had the cleaning. She had to go back on Friday morning to fill the cavities. What an exciting way to spend your time off! I also put her computer skills to work downloading some photos from Facebook of the Fall wedding we attended in Michigan. I was able to download several great family photos from my cousin Ryan Borg and  his wedding last Sept. to Meg as well as family photos of my Uncle Joe(mom's younger brother) and his wife Kathy Borg.  I am not a Facebooker so I have to rely on Allison for news of extended family and friends. Sadly I heard through Facebook that one of my dear friends and fellow GS Leaders passed away from ovarian cancer last Friday night. Julie and I shared leadership positions in Girl Scouts-I had her daughter, Becky in my Troop. Becky and Allison were classmates and both attend Salisbury U. Julie ran her younger daughter Grace's girl scout troop. Grace was in Scott's class. We spent a lot of time camping together and attending different GS events as well as enjoying the kid's school and church events like field trips, First Communion and Confirmation programs. Julie's funeral is scheduled next week, before Easter.

Meanwhile, Allison managed to squeeze in some fun. She and her roommate, Jen spent a day in DC. They toured the Smithsonian Natural History museum, the Holocaust museum, checked out a few blooming cherry trees and dropped into the National Zoo. Fortunately they missed the big train shut down by 1 day(all DC trains shut down for repairs after reoccurring electrical fires in the tunnels). Also they missed out on a small chemical explosion that occurred at the zoo by 1 day. Living life on the edge!  Allison also enjoyed attending the local high school musical Guys and Dolls with her roommate and their family. I also went along to check it out and see if my mom would enjoy the performance. We went on Thursday night, St Patty's Day. It was not very crowded and the kids did a great job, especially performing "Luck Be A Lady Tonight" and "Bushel and a Peck", plus a lot of other fun music. I also needed to see how long the play was-2.5 hrs. I was not sure my mom could sit through that long of a performance.

But on Friday night the family took my mom out for dinner to our new favorite Chinese restaurant and then we both went to the play. I actually enjoyed the play better the second time around. They switch the actors so more kids get a chance to participate. It was fun to see how different kids interpret the characters and have different singing abilities. And the place was packed. Mom and I  sat in the back and you could actually see so much better. A lot of the acting occurs in the aisles, so we had a better view of the whole show. And mom did great with the 2.5 hrs and kept asking if they were high school kids. She was very impressed with the whole show. It is amazing what $5 bucks can get you!

Scott is busy wrapping up his Leadership position in boy scouts, planning the Troop's weekly meetings. He and Tom also spent last Saturday morning collecting food in local neighborhood's for the county food drive. And he passed on the Robotics qualifying tournament on Sunday. He was not feeling too well. He did make it to work on Saturday night however.

Allison and I enjoyed the Passion Play at church on palm Sunday and then she packed up and headed back to school after lunch at Einsteins. She was not able to completely enjoy her time off from class as one of her professors forgot to give them their midterm exam before break! So she had to study and work on a project that was due Monday morning.  And fortunately the weather held out for her to drive back to school as one last(we hope)late Winter/Early spring snow came in on Saturday night. Scott was hoping for one more snow day on Monday, but no such luck.

Cookie wishes everyone a Happy St Patrick's Day!