So Allison was disappointed that she did not get to visit HallowScream at Busch Gardens. Tom was off work last Friday, so he offered to drive back to Salisbury and pick up Allison and head down to Busch Gardens so she could experience the Haunted Mazes. They arrived late in the afternoon, but had plenty of time to get dinner(more pumpkin cheesecake) and go on a few rides. It was quite rainy on Friday which helped thin out the crowds in the park. At least they were able to get in this time! And they had plenty of time to visit all 7 scary mazes before the park closed. They did have to pick up dry clothes though since it rained quite a bit while they were standing in line and they got soaked. But they both had a great time. Scott was a bit jealous, but he had to go to school and work. So did I.

I switched my day off work to help out another therapist with her schedule. So I took Monday off. Which made for a nice 4 day weekend. I did my usual Friday stuff(on Monday) -errands and swim class, but then I headed over to my mom's place to participate in a painting class with her. We had a great time spending a few hours painting a Georgia OKeefe Fall Landscape. I did not know Georgia O did landscapes. Apparently in her early years. I sat with my Happy Hour glass of wine and painted with Mom. It was a great afternoon.

Mom Bozyk's Masterpiece

But I had to get going since Scott had his NHS Induction Ceremony that evening. We decided not to drag mom along since the ceremony can run a bit long. There are several 100 kids that get into the National Honor Society(that is good). The kids need good grades and have to be very involved in extra curricular activities like sports, clubs, church and scouts. And Scott was at the end of the presentation since it went alphabetically. I was just surprised they did not mention his Scouting info, or Robotics since they mentioned it with most other kids. They did announce that he was the President of the Video Game club though. When Allison was inducted they had the kids light candles. Allison came close to be being burned as the kids held their candles while being squished on the stage. They opted out of candles this time. We celebrated afterwards with Sonic milkshakes. Now Scott has to keep track of his volunteer hours which is mandatory for the NHS as well as keep up his grades. He certainly has been working hard at his school work, volunteer work and his boy scouts.

Same with Allison. She just finished her midterms(very successfully) and she is already looking at registering for classes next semester. Not to mention registering for graduation next Spring! Where does the time go. She also wrapped up her Field Hockey season with a few wins. The team opted out of the season tournaments. It always lands on Halloween weekend and the girls had other plans. Looks like they had a rough ending though-their opposing team lost the goalie when a baseball hit her in the head at the field! Their game was scheduled next to the baseball field apparently, and while the visiting team was waiting to start playing, a stray ball hit their goalie in the head! Allison filled in as goalie for the opposing team for the first game, and then the other team played without a goalie during the second game. What a crazy way to end the season. Although the whole season had been a bit off. But she loves it. And now she can concentrate on playing Ultimate Frisbee.

Tom and Allison spent Friday night in Williamsburg and headed back to Salisbury Saturday in the morning. Tom got home Saturday night in time for us to throw on some warm MSU clothes and head over to the University of Maryland to catch the MSU/Uof Maryland game. I asked Tom to take me to the first game of Maryland's Big Ten debut two years ago and had a great time. This time, Tom opted to get tickets up on the 3rd tier to see more of the field. So I felt like we were out of the MSU Fan Zone, but maybe that was a good thing since MSU lost to Maryland! The MSU players are huge, but the little Maryland Terrapins ran circles around the MSU defense. And MSU just did not have a quarterback-every pass was dropped or intercepted. At least Maryland is a good host. There was big discussion about both teams on the bus ride back to the train station.  And since we live in Maryland, it always seems like a Win-Win situation no matter who wins the game for us.We are happy to see Uof Maryland doing well. Kevin Plank, President of Under Armour is busy investing in the school and adding a Sports Medicine program at the University. Half of the campus was tore up with new buildings. They also want to do more studies on the effects of concussions on sports players(ie visiting Field Hockey goalie at Salisbury). Kevin Plank graduated from Uof Maryland and decided to come up with more comfortable sports clothing during his student days at Uof Maryland while playing on the football team. He thought the cotton tshirts did nothing for him while sweating on the field, so he looked for a synthetic material. Hence, Under Armour was born and they are busy expanding here in Baltimore, currently building a big complex downtown in the Harbor. Lately our sports teams have not been doing well, from MSU to the Ravens to the Orioles who did not make it to the World Series. We had another cold football night game watching MSU lose but we kept warm with lots of hot chocolate(although they started selling alcohol at the college stadiums to try and cut down the binge tailgate parties). It was a bit too chilly for beer.  Hopefully we will have a better Hockey season!

Hope Matt Draper, Stacey's husband enjoyed his Birthday celebration this past week!

Uof Maryland Football Field
Uof Maryland vs MSU

Scott at NHS Induction Ceremony