The Second Semester

I have to say I was thankful that rugby was not in season the second semester. Although once a soccer mom, always a soccer mom and I had been to several of the Bay High Women's soccer games. That was such a large part of our lives when Suzannah was playing that it was crazy not to have a soccer schedule to adhere to.

I have to say that even though the nest at this point had been empty for one semester, it was still strange after she left and went back to college. I pretty much kept the door to her room shut because there was no need to have it open, no one was home. We didn't move or rearrange anything because we wanted her to always have her place.

In January she and Mike traveled to Panama City without Paul and I knowing and showed up for our SURPRISE 25th wedding anniversary party at The Green Room at the Martin Theater. My sister Karen hid them out at her house so that we wouldn't see them around town. What a wonderful surprise that was, a surprise anniversary party and Suzannah and Mike coming home. We then went on a cruise and took Suzannah and Mike with us.

The second semester seemed to go by a little bit faster and then before we knew it she was home again with Mike for her birthday. Wow how could my daughter be turning !!19!!. We took them out to PF Chang's in Destin and we celebrated both of their birthdays, you see they were born 7 days apart. Then it was good bye again. We/I did not visit USF as much the second semester, but it is not that I didn't want to.

Before we knew it. it was spring break and I was so thankful that she was home. Another few weeks went by and it was time for Suzannah to come home. Paul and I loaded up and went to move her home, I was so excited. She had everything packed and ready to go and she and Mike and two other friends split a storage unit and left some of their things in Tampa for the summer. I was so proud of her. We had lunch with Mike, his Dad, Suzannah and Sidney. I have to say that it was sad to see Mike and Suzannah part for the summer, but once again SKYPE to the rescue!!

And so we started our first summer after being away at college.....