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 is settling in.  She has joined one of the VCU choirs this semester and is getting her schedule settled.

In other news for January,

  • Theresa made it to the Capitol on January 9 to pay tribute to Jimmy Carter.  She arrived at 4:45 AM (for some reason Anna did not want to get up to join this historical event) and managed to get her 10,000 steps in before 6 AM thanks to the miles of security fencing around the Capitol in preparation for the inaugural.
  • Joe celebrated his birthday on January 18 with a dinner at one of the local Italian restaurants followed by dessert at a local New York style diner.  Anna gets points for remember her Dad's birthday.

Another small bout of snow hit on January 19 with record cold temperatures on tap for the rest of the week.  Florida is looking pretty good.

Happy Birthday to Joe


 

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