Pandemic Week 116: Happy Memorial Day!

A walk in the park with Storm
Memorial Day was back to mostly normal this year.  What is mostly normal?  Well, in Vienna is means the Viva Vienna Street festival, complete with carnival rides, fair food, and local street vendors.  There are concerts on the stage, including a performance on Memorial Day by the Vienna Jammers.  It was a great day for an outdoor performance.  Anna was even happier to spend the rest of the day at the festival with her friends followed by an afternoon at the pool.

Joe and Theresa enjoyed the concert as well followed by a quiet afternoon at home.  In a normal year, they too would have joined the crowds at the festival, but COVID is still everywhere and has an impact.

In other news of the week:

  • Anna essentially finished all of her schoolwork, complete with a presentation on Friday that was attended by her parents.  There was a collective relief among all the parents and teachers present to be done with this school year!  This week is officially her last week, but she has half days each day.
  • Anna had her last soccer game of the season on Saturday.  They lost 1-2
    in their tournament game.  Again, not many were too disappointed as a win would have meant playing a second game and everyone was really just ready to go home.  It was nice to get back into the soccer season and looking forward to returning in the fall.
  • Summer swim practice started on Tuesday after school.  It was a great time for it as temperatures were in the 90s.  By Saturday morning practice, temperatures were in the 60s.  The swimmers are a hearty sort.

Happy last week of school!


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