the one with the madness of march

ahh the madness of march. yes this also includes march madness as well as the general madness of this particular march. first off, i would say march this year has been the warmest march in ohio imaginable. we've maxed out some days at a whopping 87 degrees. that's so not normal. but i've been trying to soak up the rays and get excited for spring. the trees are in full bloom and so delightfully dreamy. not to mention the fact that i am in love with columbus in warm weather. people practically live outside and i love it. all outdoor seating? filled. runners? everywhere!

the other week, matt and i took a little road trip to cincinnati with his parents and sister to see a new exhibit at the cincinnati museum center - union terminal. the exhibit was on a day in pompeii. while much of the exhibit was a disappointment to myself, the body casts at the end were worth it. after wandering around virtual pompeii videos and the 20 jugs, we finally made it to what i thought the entire exhibit would be filled with. for those who don't know about pompeii, they call it a city frozen in time. it was so startling to think of all of these people frozen in the exact spot where they suffocated on the volcanic ash. another interesting fact learned from this trip - they didn't have our modern day bleach so to keep their robes clean and bright, they washed them in urine. yuck!

i decided when i moved to columbus i wanted to volunteer somewhere since i would have a bit more free time not working in the studio every day. after exhausting all ideas i finally thought, ding ding ding - COSI! i will be volunteering occasionally in the littlekid space. yea, i totally get to hang out with kindergarteners and younger teaching them science, i'm pretty pumped :) matt and i had fun visiting the other day and remembering everything we loved about COSI as a kid.

i am sad to say that my sweet ohio bobcats are no longer in the ncaa tournament but they played their hearts out and made it all the way to the sweet 16 after loosing a tough battle to university of north carolina. but matt's ohio state buckeyes are still in it and fighting strong.