And, in other news ...

We had a great time in Indianapolis visiting our cousins and spending Saturday at the indoor water park. George liked the "Lazy River" the best and Estelle went down the 4-story tall "Tube Slide" a couple times. John and I both tried the fast water slides and once was enough for me. Made out of blue plastic, dark, loop-de-loops, with water flowing through and then plunging you at top speed into the pool at the end - yikes! I'm with George, the Lazy River was a good way to go. We got to celebrate Gumpy's birthday last Sunday and brought home plenty of great blueberry muffins. With everyone so involved in our busy lives, it is nice to take time to just enjoy each other's company. John took a new job that he will start in May. He says May 8th but I think that is a Saturday so it is probably not right. He will have about a 45 minute commute, that he's not particularly looking forward to, but with the limitations on grant funding through the government, he's happy to have a "real" job doing something he's experienced with. His title will be Research Scientist and he'll be designing assays. What the heck is an assay, you might ask ... a test kit for scientists to use when doing specific kinds of experiments. Sounds like fun eh? At least he will get to work in a casual atmosphere and - he says he's only 5 miles from McDonald's... weirdo!