Happy Labor Day!

Labor Day signals the end of summer and new beginnings.  A new school year begins, activities start anew, baseball season ends, football season begins, the days grow shorter and the air grows cooler. Before you know it, the fall and winter holidays will be upon us and we will be scurrying around buying candy and food and presents.  I just wanted to take a moment to reflect on all the events of the summer

• On Memorial Day weeked, the beginning of summer, we went to a barbeque at our good friend's Deb and Tom's house and had a lovely time with lots of our friends.
• In June, Tom nailed through his thumb with his nail gun, and when he went to the doctor, the doctor thought he was going to lose his thumb.  He had to have two surgeries but only lost the tip of his thumb once all the dead skin was debrided.  He had a skin graft from his thigh and didn't even lose his thumbnail.  (I have a really gross picture of his thumb at its worst if anyone wants to see it.)
• Also in June I was able to go to New York City and see two Broadway Shows, which were amazing.  I saw Sondheim on Sondheim and A Little Night Music.  Both shows featured the music of Stephen Sondheim and featured venerable Broadway performers Barbara Cook (SOS) and Angela Lansbury (ALNM).  It was a great experience and I can't wait to do it again.  I did get cast recordings of both the shows and have been enjoying them immensely.
•  In July my good friends Blum, Bri and Laura came to visit for a week.  Blum came from Germany, Bri from Montreal, Canada, and Laura from NC.  It was Blum's first visit to the DC area, so we went to all the momuments and museums and had a wonderful time.  It was as hot as hell, and humid to boot, but we had a lot of fun.  We watched Crminial Minds every night.  We went to Tyson's Corner mall one day and bought nail polish at Sephora called "I'm With Brad," and if you are a CM fan, you will remember the scene from the beginning of Open Season, with JJ, Garcia and Prentiss when they meet the "real" FBI agent at a bar.  We loved the name and had a nail painting party one night.  It was a pleasure to have them visit us.
•  In August, I traveled to Wilmington, DE with my friend Debbie to attend the NALS Region 2 Conference.  I had a great time with my NALS friends and we had some really interesting legal education.  Debbie and I took the train up to Wilmington early in the day on a Friday and went to a day spa for the afternoon in Wilmington.  We had massages, facials, manicures and pedicures.  It was WONDERFUL!

 All in all, a pretty good summer! 

I have a pretty busy fall season lined up, so stay tuned!