Spring in NC

Well, the weather has been back and forth here-cold, warm, cold, warm...... We've had rain all this week which has been welcome, except for the more severe weather to the east.

We are leaving for the beach on Saturday. We haven't been in 10 years, especially after I had my melanoma in 2000. I avoid the sun and am extremely pale. That's okay! I plan on wearing lots of sunscreen and only going out late in the day. We go to Kiawah Island just south of Charleston. It's a private island so it is not crowded and definitely won't be crowded now that we are going the first week of May. No offense, but all the Northeners come down in July and August and this makes the beach very crowded. We're planning on going in to Charleston and doing some snooping around downtown again, probably hitting the Aquarium for Colleen, etc... and of course biking and walking around the island.

Colleen came home last Friday. We spent Jim's b-day packing her up and lugging containers to our cars. She made the Dean's list again this semester. She has found a wonderful advisor/mentor and is double majoring in zoology and poultry science and going to minor in genetics. Caryn is coming home tomorrow. She had her last exam Tuesday and spent the rest of this week moving into an apt. for the summer. She's going to be taking classes this summer and will hopefully find a job!

Lisa