Allison came home for the weekend to collect some paperwork for Northrop, including her summer job tax forms and High School and College diplomas. I was very happy to have her home(as usual). She had a short visit however, coming home on Friday afternoon and returning to school Sunday afternoon. She has classes from Monday to Weds, and then likes to play Ultimate Frisbee on Thursdays. She went with me to the vets for a cat checkup for Pika. Now that she is getting much older(18), the vet likes to keep an eye on her weight. Happily she gained a bit since December. She actually has an amazing appetite, but the pancreatitis keeps her from gaining too much weight. And she never was a very big kitty anyway. Under 5lbs. So I guess I will keep feeding her chicken(her favorite besides cheese).
I also enjoyed having Allison home since she joined Tom and I at our friend's house for dinner on Saturday night. We were celebrating our friend Beth's birthday and they invited us over for a crab cake and filet mignon dinner(very tasty) and of course cake! I contributed ice cream and made some chocolate dipped strawberries. Plus I picked up some sushi as an appetizer(everything went fast it was so good!). After dinner we tried out a new game(new to us). Fibbage-an interactive tv/computer game that you play with your cell phone! It flashes questions on the tv screen and each person takes a turn filling in the blank by typing your response and voting on your phone. (Sad that we all had our phones.) You can try to answer with a real response or make up something silly. Then everyone votes for the best answer. So if you make something up and everyone votes for your answer, you earn more points! And if you guess the right answer, you earn the most points. It was terribly funny and we had a wonderful time playing(Allison had the sneakiest answers!).
Scott missed our outing unfortunately. But he had a good reason. He was invited to his old Cub Scout Pack Blue and Gold Dinner as a guest speaker. One of the Pack Leaders saw him at work in school and asked him to come speak to the younger kids about his experience of becoming an Eagle scout. So he gave a 5 minute speech, and then was asked to judge the cake contest. He loved that the best! And I ran into the scout leader at church the next morning, and she said Scott did an awesome job.And Scott was a bit surprised to see that the Cub Scouts have already started to incorporate girls into the program(1 lone girl). Still not quite happy with the change. I think it cheats on the Girl Scout organization.
I was busy with the Girl Scout choir program on Saturday afternoon. We were asked to sing for an opening ceremony at Girl Scout Thinking Day(a day set aside to celebrate Girl Scouts around the country and around the world). So no long program-just one song. But it gave us all the chance to practice some songs for the upcoming musical. I need the practice!
On Sunday afternoon it was just Scott and I. Tom had returned from San Diego late Friday night and was now on a plane for Scotland! He had to finish up his work from the last visit overseas when everyone left due to the Government shutdown. He was really looking forward to returning and doing a little more sightseeing in Glasgow. He is not so crazy about visiting San Diego. He decided to stop into the zoo one afternoon when he had some extra time and was shocked to see the ticket prices are now almost $100! Glad we visited in the past with the kids. Allison was headed back to school. So I picked up my mom and we stopped into a new store that opened on the corner called Tuesday Morning. It is a chain store and sells discount home and garden items. I actually bought two spring wreaths. I think Mom enjoyed looking at all the items, but wore herself out walking up and down the aisles. I was just filling time until dinner was ready-I had put some chicken parm in the oven before I left. We had my mom over for pasta night the weekend before. It certainly is easy to fix! And I was back on track with The Walking Dead Sunday night. Yeah!
Scott had a pretty quick week with school closed on President's Day. He enjoyed getting his homework done and spending time playing video games with his friends and going out to lunch on his day off.
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