Allison was back at school and did not plan on coming home over the weekend. Her frisbee team was hosting the last tournament of the season at Salisbury on Saturday. The girls were excited as the school has not hosted games in over 10 years. And they had a great day, winning all their games. Allison even ran into one of our neighbors and her daughter who plays for UMBC. They wanted to know why we weren't there cheering them on. Tom and I tried to watch Frisbee games, but they go on forever! There is no time limit to the games-it is the first team to score 13 points, although they try not to let the games go past 1 hr. And we usually prefer not to sit out in the cold watching frisbee football. But we are thrilled that Allison has been feeling well with her iron infusions(1 more to go), enough so that she can play frisbee all day(and score!). And that she has enough energy to get through her classes, and that she is doing very well with her grades! And getting along with her new roommates, although she is missing her previous roommate Helena who is currently studying in Paris. She will be back next year and the temporary roommate will move out(Allison can't wait). But she wishes she had time to visit her friend in Paris. Allison will be back home next weekend. And she can always visit with her previous roommate, Jen who is getting her Masters in Library Science at Uof Md and lives in our neighborhood.
In the meantime, it was my Birthday weekend! I prefer to celebrate the entire month of November, although my actual birthday was Monday Nov 13th. We decided to go out to dinner on Sunday with my Mom to celebrate. We found a new restaurant(new to us), the City Centre Grill nearby. It turned out to be very good, complete with a little live jazz band and everyone enjoyed their meals. Including Tom who had the Prime Rib special for $22. Afterwards we came home for my favorite Costco chocolate cake. Tom decided to hold off present opening on Monday, but Scott gave me a new Walking Dead tshirt(all ready for Halloween next year!). I also celebrated my birthday with our neighbors at their house for dinner on Saturday night. So nice not to cook! And to catch up with friends. I also gave myself an early Christmas present when I stopped into the Hallmark store to meet the artist Jim Shore. He designs all the wooden angels with carvings on their gowns, as well as Santas. Plus he has the rights to Disney characters and Snoopy. He was very nice, taking time to chat with each patron with photo ops. He was only supposed to stay for 2 hours, but waited an extra hour to make sure he met with everyone. So I picked up a snowman for myself and had it autographed. Very cool. Even the Hallmark store owner made sure we were all somewhat comfortable waiting in line and passed out bottles of water.
On Friday I had a million errands to run. Work has been picking up and I had to go in on Friday the week before. I was looking forward to getting some of my phone calls and bill paying done after my swim class. Instead, Tom asked me to drive out to Virginia with him to test drive a car for Scott. Tom, Scott and Allison have been test driving multiple cars for Scott. The Toyota Echo is slowly falling apart, and SCott could use a car up at school next year. He may need one sooner as winter is coming on. Not sure his current car will make it safely around the block! So Tom and Scott narrowed it down to a Jeep, even though they knew it did not have a very good track record for engine wear and tear. All the cars they tested had the check engine lights turn on! Including some Subarus. And Scott did not like the drive of the Subaru. They were trying to balance safety with 4WD for snow, and a comfortable drive. Tom found a 2016 Jeep, used with all the features and more for under $20K. We drove out past Harpers Ferry(past the town where Blair Witch was supposed to be located too), about 2.5 hrs west and south in Virginia. We test drove the car and Tom thought it was perfect. He bought it and drove it home while I returned home via Hagerstown with a Papa Murphy pizza pick up. I needed to get home before 7pm since I had an extended Girl SCout choir practice that night for the upcoming Holiday concerts. Never a dull moment.
Scott enjoyed his half day on Friday(teachers getting ready for report cards which come out next week at the end of the semester). In the morning he had his Senior Portrait taken at school for the yearbook. I took him in for a hair cut on WEds night for the big day! I like how they fit the boys with a fake tux. At least I don't have to buy the tux or the yearbook photo!
Tom was gone all week working in Buffalo. He decided to return 1 day early since Buffalo was looking to get snow and a bad storm on Friday. He got home on Thursday evening in time to join our neighbors for football. The weather has been turning chilly and I keep trying to get my yardwork done. Which is not easy since the trees still have not lost all their leaves. Some of the trees are still green.We also had our first hard freeze and I could not even pull out the old flowers from the planters since the ground was completely frozen! I am a little behind in my gardening.
Tom and Scott had a fun time driving the new car around over the weekend though,
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