Some firsts

But even though parts of the transition were hard, I still had lots of fun! On Valentine's Day, Jeff and I went to White Castle, which is a fast food burger chain. But on Valentine's Day, they transform themselves into, well, a slightly more formal fast food joint. We had to make reservations and when we got there, the manager greeted us at the door wearing a suit. We were shown to our table and they had lovely menus printed for us. The tables had plastic tablecloths and real flowers. A waitress took our order and brought us our food. And to make it extra special, Jeff took a packet of ketchup and squirted it onto his plate in the shape of a heart. :)

And I got to experience lots of new things! Like lots of snow! It was actually a fairly mild winter but I did have to do a little digging to get into my car a few times. It snowed on Valentine's Day (the day we went to White Castle!) and St. Patrick's Day. My roommates made a snowman in the front yard and put a green St. Paddy's Day hat on him.

I also had to shovel a sidewalk for the first time! Trust me, it sucks.

Jeff and I also got to take Christy, who was visiting from Dallas, to the Camden aquarium. We went with Jennifer, who works at the aquarium. She is one of the keepers for Button and Jenny, the two rhinos. It was great going with someone who could give you all the inside scoop about the various animals, like the time they gave pumpkins to the rhinos and then noticed a few weeks later that little green pumpkin vines were growing in the rhino enclosure! The seeds had survived a trip through the rhinos and had started growing!

I also got to touch a shark and a stingray! Don't worry, it didn't hurt.