So we were back in town and back to our busy schedule. I did not have much free time. I signed up for a conference the following Saturday. Allison was home on her Spring Break. Too bad it was the week after we went to Florida. It was nice to have her home. We decided to give Tom an early Birthday present and we all enjoyed a trip to Hershey Weds night to catch a Hershey Bear Hockey game. The team was in the Caldor Cup Competition, so we were hoping for an exciting win. And that is what we got! We even spent the extra funds for the club seats which includes box seats with dining. Allison and I enjoyed a celebratory ice cream sundae in honor of Tom's upcoming birthday!  Allison also spent her Spring Break evenings visiting with Tyler and his friends, including an evening of rock wall climbing and out to dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings. By Friday, Allison was heading off for a weekend at Busch Gardens with her roommates. Before she left, we spent the afternoon dress shopping for her graduation.

She drove back to school Friday evening and picked up her roommate and they headed to Williamsburg on Saturday morning. It was the opening day at Busch Gardens and Allison and her friends were treated to a visit by Jack Hanna. He brought in animals and did a presentation as well as signing autographs. Allison also introduced her roommate to our favorite Busch Garden artist.  She has painted animal portraits for Jack Hanna and turned the paintings into prints on tshirts and pillows. Allison bought a pseudo seagull painting in honor of Salisbury two years ago, and her roommate bought a painting of wolves. I say pseudo because it really is a sandpiper, but it was the closest thing to a seagull. We haven't talked the artist into painting seagulls yet! But I think we should get a cut of her earnings since we have helped sell her items by word of mouth and of course, sharing our great ideas for her marketing! We talked her into selling items at Busch Gardens Tampa. And now she has a permanent sales booth there even though she is from Virginia.   The girls spent the night in Williamsburg and visited the Virginia Beach zoo the next day before heading back to school. Allison also still enjoys playing her Pokemon Go and the zoos are usually full of Pokemon critters! As well as the real critters too! Looks like the girls  certainly enjoyed the last day of their Spring Break.

Scott spent his Saturday at a Robotics competition. The team participated in a competition the prior weekend, but did not do very well. Since we were out of town, he decided to skip the bus trip until we got back. The team leaves at 7am and usually returns around 9pm, Saturday and Sunday.  During the week the team made corrections to their robot, but sadly, the changes did not seem to help. They did not score enough points to secure a spot in the Finals. Scott was a bit disappointed since he had suggested several modifications in the design early on, but the coach's son got the final word on the make up of the robot. Looks like it was a big mistake. Scott is hoping next year he will have more say in the robot design as a Senior.

 I was out Saturday buying appetizers and dessert  after my conference for our  dinner party when Scott called me to pick  him up.   Tom decided to have all our neighbors over for dinner Saturday night. Scott called me and asked to get picked up early from his competition. So I quickly ran home and dropped off my groceries and headed down to Annapolis to pick up Scott. Fortunately he was not too far away, so we made it home in time for dinner. We had a great visit with the neighbors sharing our vacation stories.  On Sunday, Scott was off to work and so was I! I decided to go in on Sunday so I could take off work on Thursday. I was planning on attending my annual OT conference in Philly the following weekend and I wanted a head start on the road. I had just attended an all day Conference on Saturday on Dementia and information for Caregivers. It was a wonderful conference put on by the county and included a fabulous medical director speaker at the opening, several short classes during the day, information booths and a terrific luncheon. All for $10.  They even had door prizes, but sadly I did not win anything. I did enjoy the classes however and sat and chatted with a few friends that I met there.

I was really looking forward to the OT conference-our 100th Anniversary. And I was looking forward to visiting Philly, even though I was going by myself. I figured I would get an early start by driving up on Thursday, so it was helpful to go into work on Sunday. Or so I thought. The computers were down all day, so I was not able to get the rest of my work done on time. I had planned on picking up Scott from work and then taking my Mom out to dinner. I had not seen her since we left for Florida, and I wanted to spend some time with her. I needed to pick her up before 5 however, or she would have already eaten dinner. And Scott was off work about the same time. I left work to get Scott and my Mom and Tom met us at the nearby Grill Restaurant to a delicious, quick dinner while we shared photos of our Florida trip with Mom B. Scott needed to get home and finish up homework, and I needed to go back to work to finish up my computer work since the system was back online as I was walking out the door. Of course.