Back from my travels!

Well, as you all know, time flies by too fast! Since my last post in April 06 I have returned from my condo shopping trip in Florida with Maxine in tow! She finished her first year at College of Charleston in early May and we drove back home to CT together. But she returned to Charleston shortly after to work for the Political Science Chairman as a Nanny for the summer. In betweeen, she fit in a short vacation and returned home to go camping with friends at Lake George and sail to Block Island with Alan and me for a week. Our week together at Block was idyllic and very restful. At the end of her vacation break we drove together BACK! to Charleston so she could finish out her summer job.

Maxine is starting her second year at College of Charleston and just declared a double major in Political Science and French! She is having a fabulous time and, in addition to making Concert Choir this year, continues as secretary of Sigma Delta Tau, her sorority as well as serving as a board member for the JSU (Jewish Student Union). She has made such wonderful friends at school and really loves Charleston life!

After returning Maxine to Charleston, I continued down to Gainesville, FL to assist Jenn with a recent move into a new apt. In the end we decided not to invest in a condo at present and instead rented her a really great 2 BR Townhouse in a gorgeous place called Cobblestone. Given the current housing atmosphere I don't feel too badly we decided not to buy at the current time. Prices in Gainesville had appreciated steeply during the previous year and a half and just ended up being to pricey a market for my blood!

Jenn is starting her second year at the Univ of Florida Vet school. She spent the summer doing research on neonatal foals. In addition, she was elected the president of the Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Association (SCAVMA) and attended several conferences this summer, one being in Hawaii!! That was a lot of fun for her!

After getting Jenn settled in Alan flew down to FL to join us for a few days before driving with me BACK to Charleston to move Maxine from her summer apt to her present dorm. We then proceded home driving up the east coast, but going by way of Route 81 instead of 95, a much less stressful and more beautiful way to go. We will be hard pressed to make that drive again using Rte 95 - although the alternate route is slightly longer, it is so much more pleasant.

Now Fall is under way, the kids are settled and life seems to be returning to a more normal pace. We are headed to Greenport, LI this weekend for our last summer sailing "hurrah" and, unless, we get hit with "Ernesto" we should enjoy this tremendously.

All for now! Hopefully, my posts will not be so infrequent.