May is certainly flying by. Especially for Allison. She is wrapping up her finals-and her final semester of school to finish up her Bachelor's degree!  She had a long break in between finals, so she decided to come home for a visit. Turns out she needed to come home and shop for a new laptop computer. Her computer blew up on her! And she really needs one for school-so she came home Tuesday night after class and Tom and Allison had a day out on Weds.

She and Tom went computer shopping Weds afternoon, and then headed up to Hershey, PA to catch a hockey game. The Hershey Bears had one more chance to make it into the final Caldor Cup, but sadly they did not make it. Allison and Tom enjoyed their hockey game anyway and their day out together. Tom is still transitioning to his new work position and is in between online classes, so he has some extra time available.  Scott and I were home and off to the Boy Scout meeting. There are a few more activities coming up that Scott wants to participate in, like an overnight camping trip on Memorial Day weekend. He is also hoping to schedule his Eagle scoutmaster conference on that trip.

So on Thursday night we all went out to dinner in Old Ellicott City and enjoyed walking through the shops afterwards. It was Ladies Night, so they had some freebies in each of the shops. The town has not completely recovered from last years massive flood and there are still many closed stores. I was also disappointed that they ran out of Girls Night Out glasses at  The Wine Bin. But Allison and I enjoyed our wine tasting anyway, along with some really good chocolate cake!  On Friday, Allison headed back to school to prepare for a Pot Luck Frisbee party at her place. She had one more final to prepare for on Monday night.

We started our Memorial Day weekend celebration early. I would have loved to attend the Wine in the Woods event in Columbia MD. The event has grown considerably over the years-lots of wine tasting and bands, arts and craft booths, food booths-both Sat and Sun. But Tom is not really a fan of Maryland wines, which is all they serve. So instead we had my Mom over for dinner on Saturday night after picking Scott up from work. Tom grilled some wonderful, thick pork chops but we ate inside since it has been a bit chillier and rainy. Although that makes for good weather to get some yardwork done. And I was able to get my flowers and tomato plants in the ground. Then on Sunday we were invited to our friends house for dinner with a few other neighbors. Most of the kids are home from school, so it was fun hearing about their first year at college, summer plans or current activities. Our high school kids still have a few more weeks of school until summer break.

Allison still does not have any set summer plans for work. She did hear from a computer programming company who seem very interested in her, but the placement is in Virginia and quite the commute. If nothing else pops up, she may go back to Girl Scout camp as a Unit Leader. Scott's summer will be busy with Boy Scout camp and volunteering at Cub Scout camp. Also finishing up his driving classes and hopefully getting his license. Always busy. At least Scott had a day off on Friday. I think the teachers needed time to get in the grades for the Seniors who are graduating next week. However, Scott did have to work since school was out.

Before I had to drop Scott off to work, I had to take Pika our cat in for her yearly check up. Now at 17, I believe arthritis is creeping in on her making it hard for her to move around. Besides her pancreatitis and liquid medication, I need to give her injections 2x/week for the arthritis. Boy is that a whole new experience. But supposedly it works. I think I need it for myself!

Wishing our niece, Stacey a Very Happy Birthday!

This is the river that flows behind and below Old Ellicott City down to the main river. However, when the city flooded last year, it was the street that turned into a river. You can see why it is a bit risky to have a business there.