Happy Birthday to Joe & Back to School
Back to the dorm After a month off for the holidays, Anna headed back to college on January 12. She was home for the first snowstorm of the year on January 6 with more than 7 inches of snow (she did not seem to be around for much of the shoveling action). Unfortunately, the storm knocked out power to the water treatment plant in Richmond, VA, leaving the city without water for most of the week. On the plus side, it happened before classes started, although it did mean a delays in VCU students returning to campus as the dorms did not open until January 13 at noon. Fortunately, water was working by then and the boil advisory was lifted. Joe & Theresa drove Anna back for what was almost the equivalent of move in day as everyone was coming back at the same time. They made it in (lots of bottled water was being carried by all of the students) and got some lunch before mom and dad headed home. Anna just finished her first week of classes and...