It's Winds-Day!

I feel like I'm living with Pooh and Tigger in the Hundred Acre Wood and today is Winds-Day.

In what was quite a range of weather yesterday, we had everything from snow to rain and sleet and fog and wind. Thankfully, the precipitation was minimal (by us) but we could hear that wind howling all night. (I see we're supposed to have a full moon tonight so we may hear howling of a different kind!)

Not sure if it's the weather fluctuations or the time change, but there are a lot of people battling colds and flu this week. At Carter's school, they sent home a warning note Monday that a significant portion of kids were out sick that day -- so remind your kids to wash their hands and blah, blah, blah. At work, I can hear a chorus of hacking from all directions. I'm just trying to stay under the germ radar and keep knocking on wood!

We don't want to be sick for the weekend. While I am jealous that yet another family member has ventured down to Texas to enjoy my sister and brother-in-law's southern hospitality, we have our own spring break treat coming up this weekend.

On Sunday, the Boston Celtics will be playing the Milwaukee Bucks so we have tickets to the game -- and we'll be heading down with some friends Saturday to have some fun in Milwaukee. Amazing that between the two couples, neither one of us has a minivan any more so we are renting one so all six of us can ride together. We figure that will add to the road trip "experience." This whole thing has been months in the planning so now that we are counting down days we are getting excited!

Carter is a little disappointed because one of his favorite players, Kevin Garnett, was injured a few weeks ago and may not be playing this weekend. I'm sure he'll still enjoy the game, though. We've got our "Celtic beads" and we're ready to cheer!

In the meantime, I hope these strong winds just blow us through the week and closer to the weekend that much sooner!