March 10

So I was busy packing my suitcase for an upcoming trip to Florida. Tom was busy writing a paper for school and preparing for his presentation at the upcoming NASA conference. He wrote up a topic and he was  accepted as  one of many speakers for the conference, although he was not expecting many participants in his break out group. I also spent the week stocking up food items for Scott. He was going to spend the week on his own while Tom and I headed to Florida! This will be Scott's first time on his own, so I wanted to make things smooth for him. Including a calendar, phone numbers of neighbors and a food list! Even though Scott was disappointed that he was not going to travel to Florida with us, he was also a bit excited about getting to spend the week at home by himself. His spring break is not scheduled until April.  The biggest challenge for him turns out was taking care of Cookie and Pika!

He only had a half day of school on Friday(mid semester)so I signed him up for his yearly physical. He needs a physical especially for Boy Scout Summer camp. Not the way he wanted to spend his 1/2 day of school, but it is hard to get him in to the office during the work week. At least we found out that his Tech Honor Society meets during school while he is in Engineering, so he doesn't have to worry about staying late. We also enjoyed his Boy Scout Court of Honor ceremony on Weds night. He recently completed another Leadership position as the Patrol Leader. During the ceremony, he helped with the call out of

new recruits for the Order of the Arrow(Boy Scout Honor Patrol).  On Saturday morning, Tom and I were headed out the airport. One of the other Scout moms picked him up to collect all the food set out in the neighborhood by the mailboxes for the Scouting for Food event. (Still don't have Scott's driver's license).

So I had alot to do on Friday since we were going to be gone for a week. I also had to drop Cookie off for grooming. We decided to trim her hair before her scheduled surgery when we return. SCott and I also dropped in to visit my Mom after his physical in order to let her and the staff know that I would be gone during the week.

At least the weather was nice. Too nice. Our flowers started blooming in February!  And we did not officially roll over into Spring yet!  We actually had a few snow flakes fall. Still looking forward to a very warm visit to Florida! Or so I thought.