whew. its over!

Whew, we're home. The second day was ok. I hate multiple choice, so it is hard to be thrilled with the day - but it is over. And now we wait. Waiting is not so much fun.

Our trip was fun, bar exam aside. We got to see some of the beautiful Virginia countryside - we took small roads for most of the trip down to Norfolk. Norfolk, by the way, is a pit. It rivals only Newark, NJ for pit of the universe. Luckily the bar examiners did not think it necessary for us to leave the building, so I only got to soak in the views of the projects from our car windows.

Elisabeth entertained us on the way home by telling us what she's going to be when she grows up. First, she's going to be a mommy. Then, she's going to be a daddy. Then, she'll be a Gram, and then a Grandmommy. Oh, and she wants to be a fisherman. And drive a tugboat. And then, she's going to deliver pizzas, so she can have a sign on top of the car. And she knows how it works, first the people will give her their money and then she'll give them the pizza. And she also thinks she might want to drive an ambulance, but we didn't get to flesh out the logistics on that one because she saw a Chick-fil-a and started yammering about that. We have more Elisabeth funnies from the past few days. She's been in true Elisabeth form. I'll type them up over the next few days.

Charlotte started babbling while we were away. Exactly one week after we told the pediatrician she didn't babble yet.

The highlight of Elisabeth's trip was the arcade at Jillians, where she and Doug and Charlotte spent several hours. After something like 20 attempts, she finally managed to get the skiball into a basket. And someone there gave her 150 tickets, so she got a Mickey Mouse Pez dispenser. I'm pretty sure she's never had anything as exciting as a Mickey Mouse toy that dispenses candy.

Doug is a true saint for his efforts over the past couple of days. Not only is taking care of two kids (our two kids anyway) a heroic effort, but he took care of them in a hotel. Sure fire way to rile up Elisabeth is to put her in a hotel room. And then, today, the hotel kicked them all out at 11am - so he had to make it from 11am until 5pm with just the loaded down stroller. He looked a little bit like a bag lady pushing a shopping cart. It was so wonderful having them all there with me.

Thanks for everyone's well wishes over the past few months. It means a lot to know that I have such great friends and family. Let's hope that we're not doing this again come July!