Spring is Finally Here!

A very busy few weeks which have involved several weekends away which is quite unlike me and I am feeling a little burned out as a result. No time for that necessary regeneration at the weekend. At the beginning of April I attended an oncology meeting in DC, it happened to be the same weekend at the Cherry Festivel and the same weekend that Colin was in DC for an orthopedic meeting - how fortuitous, confession to make, we both bagged the Saturday afternoon session of our respective meeting and went down the Tidal Basin to enjoy the cherry blossoms and then ended up in Georgetown for drinks and dinner.... I looooovve Georgetown, it reminds me of the homeland in some small way.

The following weekend we were invited by good friends Mike and Julia to spend time at their newly acquired villa on the Rotunda in Florida. Normally would have said no but have been so crazy lately a little R&R in the sunshine was too good of an oppourtunity to miss so off we went for 4 day. Gloriously sunny, still have the sunburn to prove it. And we saw plenty of wildlife whilst we were lazing by their pool, plenty of herons a family of otters and of course aligators ( keep your toes covered)

This weekend we are in New Hampshire painting the new house to make it student ready for the fall. Boy there is a lot of work to do, having done all this before as a newly wed I am not as nearly excited about house renovation as I once was. Of course as most projects once you get into it, its much worse than you thought, current crisis is need for a new roof, need for complete new rewire and a rather large leak in the upstairs bathroom. I think this will be a male bonding exercise for Colin and Joe, I will stick to the coffee run and providing food and hanging pictures when the job is done!!

Going to post pictures of the lovely Cherry Festivel.. Enjoy!!