Is it summer yet?

The weather keeps going back and forth.  Warm then cool then warm then cool again.  Usually once it gets warm a few big storms to through and cool it off again.  Oh well, not complaining, just a nice warm sunny beach or pool day would be nice!

The past couple weeks have been somewhat busy in that I had jury duty last week Wed. and was chosen for the jury also.  They had the jury of 12 selected but the attorneys took turns dismissing some of the people for various reasons and I was then selected to replace the 3rd person out of 4 that they dismissed.  The trial was for possession of cocaine and it was pretty clear cut especially after the judge gave us the instructions for what we could use to determine guilty or not guilty and also read the law that determines that possession means having control of the substance.  Anyway it was all a very interesting experience but it makes you wonder how a person gets themselves into a situation like that in the first place and what will happen to her and her children now.  I tried looking it up on the Ottawa County web site to see if I could find out what her sentence is but I guess I will have to do some more searching to find out.

This past weekend we went up to Charlevoix again.  Still trying to get some things done there and then the TV and internet were out so Larry spent most of the weekend trying to get someone there to fix it or waiting for someone to come.  No one ever did come or call so when we left it still was not fixed.  Very frustrating.  Jamie and the kids decided last minute to come up with us.  I don't think Jacob missed TV as he played Wii most of the time anyway.  He was also looking forward to watching the movie "Cars" on the "cars" TV that is in the kid's room there.

Larry left ahead of the rest of us Thurs. night as he drove the Jeep up to leave in Charlevoix so we have a car there all the time.  Jamie and the kids rode with me and we left about an hour behind Larry.  He called a few times to see where we were and said there was a lot of lightning up ahead.  Anyway by the time we got to Cadillac it was pouring so hard I couldn't see the road (also dark as it was about 11:30 or 12pm).  First we stopped under and overpass and waited for it to let up a little.  Jamie and I both got out the phones with their internet links to see if we could get some radar of the storm to get an idea of how long it would last.  We moved on to the next exit and got under a cover at a gas station and found that there were two lines of heavy storms and it looked like even when the first one went through we would just end up driving into the next one as we went north.  So.............we tried to make it to the Hampton Inn on the other side of town but came across some flooded roads with cars stopped in the middle of the road.  Thank goodness for GPS - we found our way around to a Super 8 were we spent the night.  Oh, on the weather with the radar we also found out that there was a tornado warning for the county we were in.  Another reason to stop and find "cover" and not keep going on the road.  It wasn't a very restful night, especially for Jamie.  Ashlyn had had a nice "nap" on the way up so she thought it was time to play.  

But we finally made it up to Charlevoix later Friday morning and had a nice weekend there playing with the kids in spite of having to wait around for Charter to come to fix the TV.

Today I do not have to go in for jury duty so I can try to get some things done around here.  Yesterday we had someone here cleaning the pavers in the driveway and walkway.  They powerwashed then put down new sand.  Today they are putting a sealer on.  Hopefully that will keep the weeds out better and maybe also the ants from coming through.  

I do see a pretty blue sky so maybe summer is here after all.