its finally spring in md!!!

well im not exactly in md. i came to va after work this past thursday. today i discovered VA wines. robbie and i spend part of the morning and afternoon in reston, va at the great wine and grape festival. it was really need and not over whelming. va has alot of winaries more then md. which can be overwelming to try each place and if they have 6wines to try. there was about 8winaries there and they had about 6 a piece. we didnt get to three of them bc of the heat and my knee still hurting. in two weeks will be wine in the woods in columbia which im going to even with robbie in kt. :( and then we go away for a long weekend in luray. which is something we both badly needed. then theres another va one that we are going to the following weekend in va. robbie is learning and being able to start tasting the difference in wines and how they are made and what is in them. which is great!

tomorrow we are heading to md to help my mom begin to put our back yard back together. to everyones disapointment (sorry amber) my mom decided with me moving in with robbie this summer (pending house of course), bryan being a wimp about sunlight, and my mom hating the heat, she decided to get the pool filled in. i havent seen how it looks yet but from what she has told me it looks different. she is taking some of the space where the pool was as a bigger garden. which is great. she needs a project. and it will give chase more area to run around when he goes up there to visit when he finally makes the transition to va. im going to take pictures of it tomorrow when we get there. we took the trees down around the pool also so it will open up the back yard. the only concern i have is that if im the one who has to end up selling the house (hopefully in the very far future) it might be a problem with the pool being buried and people wanting to put another one in. and it would have upped the price of the house with a pool. but oh well. i can kind of see my moms reason for wanting to fill it in. robbies apartment complex has a pool for the residents however my fear of germs doesnt let me get in it like i would mine. but theres always va beach and we are heading to the keys in august.

i have to admit with the days couting down till robbie leaves for a few days im getting alittle sad. granted i can look at it like a normal we dont see eachother for a week (like when i was at hopkins) but im staying at the apartment while hes gone. its 35mins in the morning to work and 45from work. plus i plan to have some of our neighbors over for a harry potter marathon. and stef, brenda, and michelle are all coming with me to columbia for wine in the woods. i know he is going want to call me and stuff but i just want him to be able to enjoy himself with his buddies. :) he does come home sunday morning and then we will be heading to great falls to say good bye to his sister for the summer. in keeping with the typical Holl German side of the family she is biking across the USA. lol like father like daughter. im excited for her and hope she is safe. please pray for her. for me kiki has become a good friend and one of the only sisters of a boyfriend i have gotten along with and cant wait to have her as a sister in law. i know she will make a great mom and an aswome auntie if robbie and i have kids. so yea i would like her to be safe.

ok have to get ready for heading to md tomorrow. i cant wait to see chase. also please pray that robbie and i survive this house hunting episode of our relationship. and that we find one soon. :)