Road Trip - Longwood Gardens

I haven't been on a road trip in a while so I called my friend Stephanie and we headed north to Longwood Gardens. The grounds are beautifully manicured and taken care of. There are also a number of special exhibits – water lily display, bonsai display, palm house, fern passage, rose house, and more. I can understand why people become obsessed with orchids because they are gorgeous. The weather was perfect for a day in the garden and I definitely plan on going back for the holiday display! Here are a couple of pictures but click on the link to the right for more. Enjoy!

Ouch

Really, what else is there to say other than 'ouch'?

Welcome Baby Eyan!

I'm so happy for Kris and Brian ... baby Eyan has arrived and is doing his part to keep his parents awake. :-)

Music

This past weekend I bought speakers for my ipod so that I can listen to music at work. Today was great! I was able to listen to my music and stop it and start it when the phone rang, someone came into my office, I left the room, etc. Well, at the end of the day the battery on my ipod was in the red and so I couldn't listen to music on the way home. As I walked to the metro I was reprimanding myself for not charging my ipod during the day. I was still mad as I got onto the metro car but that feeling quickly disappeared because I realized that all I had to do was walk through the metro car.

I got on the metro car through the very last door in the back of the car. The guy next to me had his music up so loud that I could clearly hear Carrie Underwood's 'Before He Cheats'. I stood there until the song was over and then walked toward the middle door. I stopped after a few feet because I could hear some hip hop from the guy sitting in the seat to my right. Once his song ended, I continued toward the middle of the car where an older woman was sitting. Her ipod was so loud that I could tell she was listening to classical music. She got off at the next stop so I decided to stand on the other side of the middle door to find some new music. A young girl got on the metro with her mother. She had headphones on and was listening to Miley Cyrus. After that song ended I was tired so I went up to the very front of the car, where there was an empty seat, and listened to the ipod behind me. I think he was listening to a mix of heavy metal and rock.

What I learned from this ride home is that I don't need to charge my ipod anymore!