Spring Break 2011

Spring break this semester is from March 21 - March 26, 2011. On Friday, March 18, 2011 afternoon Paul and I drive to New Bern, NC. The trip takes us approximately 6.5 hours (thanks to DC rush hours traffic - it takes us almost 2 hours on our first 20 miles). Anyway, I'd like to keep in track what I do during the break. Here they are: Saturday, March 19, 2011 - take a walk downtown New Bern, NC. Jo Anne buys me a couple of plastic sleeves to display my pressed pennies. - try to find stuff for a craft project at Michael's. - do some beading --> make a bracelet and a necklace (the bracelet breaks the following day. see how good I am at handcrafting :)) - in the evening I start reading Walden and find out it is not an easy read. Keep trying, Nona! Sunday, March 20, 2011 - go to church. Today is the second Sunday of Lent. Jo Anne goes with me. - go shopping at the mall, TJ Maxx mostly, after a quick lunch. - have bbq dinner with Jo Anne, Frank, Emily, Alfred, and all the kids. Paul joins up after napping. There is a lot of food, probably too much. I am afraid of gaining a few pounds I have recently lost. - take a walk to the duck pond. Pilot makes it strenuos as she keeps pulling me around. - have a visit in Emily's home and play with the twins. Eli is busy playing a video game. Monday, March 21, 2011 I don't do much today. I have been trying to read Walden. I decide to look up some new words in the dictionary, one thing that I don't recommend my students do. Tuesday, March 22, 2011 Jo Anne, Frank, Paul, Pilot, and I go to Fort Macon beach this afternoon. We walk along the beach. The water is too cold to swim in. Pilot likes to go to the water, but when a wave comes, she runs toward the land. She is so cute. This is her first beach experience. I collect some shells that have turned into rocks. We get home just about dinner time. I have a lot of fun. In the evening, after helping Jozy & Jo Anne babysitting the twins, I finish developing a reading material for Wisconsin University reading project. The rest of the spring break goes fast and uneventful. Paul and I (and Pilot, of course) leave New Bern on Thursday evening after dinner. I go back to school on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. It is a nice relaxing break.