Boards Update

I finally have some boards testing dates, though they aren't happening as quickly as I'd hoped. Plus I know my sister and husband would both have loved me to get on track a little quicker as well. I guess I am trying to not feel too guilty about the off time, considering I won't be getting a lot of down time for the rest of my life, well at least not until I'm in my 50's...yikes !! My Practical exam happens May 6th. The week after testing George and I will try to take a little vacation to Virginia to visit my sister and maybe stay on the beach a couple of nights. We'll hope his car can survive the trip. And I can only hope they start dropping those gas prices. We'll be budgeting this one pretty tightly. The weather in Michigan has been pretty wonderful. I hate to say the word "rain" but unfortunately we need it. A couple of years ago our back yard yielded about 3 dozen yummy Morrell (sp?) mushrooms. This year may be too dry but we'll start checking anyway.

The baby has been a little quieter the past couple of days. Last Saturday was the most active. I figure I just have to give it time to get the full performance. And on another topic, I'm glad they finally elected a pope. Maybe my shows will stop being pre-empted. We non-Catholics are trying to be patient with this whole Pope furor, but c'mon...I've been watching black and white smoke on t.v. Thank goodness it hasn't been a long, ongoing process. I'd think the 5:00 clock news announcement of the new Pope should be more than sufficient considering how many alternate ways people can access news on a 24 hour basis these days. OK, enough ranting......