Tom and I have been talking about reseeding our lawn for many years now. We finally agree that Fall is the best time for us to seed rather than Spring. Our neighbor Dan was renting a thatching machine from Home Depot and asked if we'd like to use it as well to treat the lawn. Tom, Scott and I have been spending a few weekends trimming bushes and tree limbs to open up the lawn to more sunlight to allow the grass to grow. But it was just too hot as Temps have hit 100 degrees as we come to the end of summer! And of course our air conditioner died. It has been running all summer and just could not make it one more hot day.
Tom waited around on Friday while working on his class homework for an air conditioner repairman who came out before it got any hotter. He discovered that mice had chewed through wires in the outdoor unit. So a quick fix(thank goodness) and just a service charge. Tom was so impressed with the service, he wrote a very nice review on Angie's List and the Air Conditioner company sent us a $25 refund! Even better.
Tom was busy writing a paper for his newest class. I decided to interrupt his work with a plan to visit Allison on Saturday, Sept 10th and spend the night to catch her Field Hockey game on Sunday the 11th. I also wanted to visit the beach to cool off. So Tom spent Friday working away on his paper to finish up early. Meanwhile, I spent Friday busy running my mom around. She had a cardiac appointment and left with a good report. Don't have to go back until next year. To celebrate, we went to lunch at Cheesecake Factory and I took her to the hair salon for a wash and set. I was also on the phone trying to get some more tax information together for her 2015 tax return as well as my Dad's. I had a 60 min wait on the phone with Social Security only to find out that I had to put my request for their info in writing and mail it in. Then it was time to drop Mom back off to her apt. after picking up some of her Fall decorations at her storage unit. On Thursday night I joined her for a Fashion Show Fundraiser for Alzheimers put on by the staff at her facility. The girls dressed in traditional clothes from their countries-mostly African countries, Haiti and Mexico. They also had traditional food, beer, wine and hor's douvres. It turned out well and the staff wants to run another show next year.
Meanwhile, Tom took Scott out to dinner to celebrate his acceptance into the National Honor Society! Way to Go Scott!
On Saturday morning I joined Mom at her apt for an Alzheimer's Fund Raiser Yard Sale. We had fun picking through all the goodies, but could not spend too much time shopping as the heat was getting to us out in the parking lot. I then picked up breakfast for my guys and Tom and I packed the car and headed out to the Eastern Shore. Scott stayed behind to take care of the pets and do homework. Plus he planned on spending Sunday with his friend Tori on a climbing outing. He was just happy not to have the work the weekend. He and Tori spent the day at a Tree Obstacle course and completed the Black Diamond Trail. Scott reported pain in every muscle of his body after the difficult climb and was just glad he did not fall! I spent Saturday afternoon with Allison and her roommate Jen at Ocean City. It was much cooler at the beach. Just nice to sit on the beach with the great ocean breeze and cool off with our toes in the water. And eat Boardwalk French Fries while beating off hungry seagulls! They chased Allison and Jen all the way down the beach after our goodies! We took a little time to walk the Boardwalk while the girls played Pokemon Go and did some souvenir shopping. In the evening we met Tom back in Salisbury for beer, fried pickles and pizza. He stayed behind to wrap up his classwork at the University's new library center. He was quite impressed with the massive new building, complete with study areas, tech rooms, meeting areas, a restaurant and cafe, roof top garden and yes, books.
Tom and I spent the night at the local hotel, and met Allison for breakfast early Sunday morning in the hotel lobby. Then we were off to her 1st Field Hockey game of the season in northern Delaware. We headed to Newark, Delaware and the University of Delaware(alma mater of our Raven's Qback, Joe Flacco). We decided to drive Allison since it was a 3 hr trip straight up the entire state. Their Club team had only one practice before the season started and they had not yet had try outs for any new players. So there were not alot of girls playing this day, and Allison was the only goalie. They played two games, 1 hr each, back to back. They played University of Delaware as well as Towson University. Both teams were very good and our girls lost both games, 4-0. But Allison played a fantastic game(she could have used some help from the other players. They only had a few shots on goal). They could sure use some practice and more players!
Since they did not get a break, we decided to take Allison out to lunch near the University. We figured most University's have interesting food choices. This U had a very nice small town and lots of restaurants. We stopped into Diablo Burrito-somewhat like Chipotle's Mexican chain where you order your meal piece by piece until you make a burrito or nachos or a burrito bowl. It was very good and very filling. Afterwards we stopped into Costco for some shopping(as well as a visit to their cheap liquor store(no taxes in Delaware). The we dropped Allison off at home and headed back to Ellicott City. The view was beautiful as we traveled across the Bay Bridge into the setting sun.
A Big Happy Birthday to Mike Bozyk who celebrated his Special Day on Sept 10th!
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