Great deals and a great deal more

We are working on the final preparations for the next phase of our trip- Europe!  Since the house is rented, we have stayed in hotels in the past two nights which merit description- Days Inn in Holyoke and Red Roof Inn in Woburn.  The Days Inn was $44/night and included breakfast and free wifi.  I love thinking that we have found a bargain!  I was standing outside our room when a school bus pulled in to pick up one of the guests who seemed to be living at the hotel.

The Red Roof Inn has a fabulous pool!  My eyes popped open this morning to the thought of a swim.  I was out of bed in two shakes of a lamb's tail.  The water was warm and we had the pool almost entirely to ourselves!  How nice to get the kinks out that had set in after spending the last few days driving and sitting in various places.  Only downside was there was a false fire alarm which had us evacuating the building at 11pm.

We stopped at the house to pick up mail.  It was both good to be home, even if only for a few minutes, and good to see that such wonderful people are making it their home for now.  The huge pile of mail reminded us that sometime down the line we will need to be "responsible" people again...

Jeff shopped yesterday while I filled out the last FAFSA!  Here he is enjoying a new hat.

And there were crocuses and snowdrops in bloom at The Cloisters- SPRING and Blue Skies!

Next post will be from Rome.  Ciao!