Spring Break!

I'm a bit surprised that it's been a month since my last post...that's a bit longer than I thought! I guess things have been really busy around here, and maybe there haven't been many exciting things going on. We're just plugging away through the semester. I guess one thing is that we're planning to move to a different apartment complex when our current lease is up this summer. The new place will be bigger, and the complex is completely smoke-free, with a quieter group of residents. They also have some nice amenities like pools (indoor and outdoor), a fitness room, and a meeting room. I really resisted the idea of moving at first, just because it's so much work, but I think once we're all settled in at the new place, we'll be really glad we did it.

This week is Spring Break, and to start things off, Mark and I decided to get out of town for a few days. We spent the weekend in Ann Arbor, MI, which is a nice college town about an hour from here (it's much bigger than BG). I forgot to take my camera, which was really disappointing, so I don't have any pictures to share. Our time there was pretty low-key, especially because the weather was much colder than we expected and there weren't any music/theater/arts performances going on the weekend we were there. (We picked our travel dates based on the best rate we could get at the hotel, so we later discovered it was a pretty quiet weekend as far as events go). We ended up exploring the town through a little "driving tour" courtesy of Mark's navigational skills with a city map. That allowed us to see it without having to stroll around in the cold/snowy weather. We also enjoyed eating out, shopping, and just taking it easy. I think for me, the most important thing was to take a step back from our hectic lives and spend some quality time together, which we certainly did.

Now that we're back in town, we're dealing with a long list of to-dos, which does include relaxing a bit more, but it seems that it will be a busy break for us. We did our taxes today and met with our insurance agent. We've also got some other things to do around the house, along the lines of spring cleaning. I've also got school work that needs to be done, but I haven't been ready to tackle that yet. In the end, these breaks always feel like they go by too fast. After break, though, we've only got 7 weeks left in the semester, and I know that time will fly by as well. Our summer plans are mostly up in the air still, but I hope they'll come together soon.

So, that's the scoop. I'll try to think of things to post a bit more regularly in the coming weeks! :-)