My Mother's Day week was fabulous. I saw 2 of my favorite wetland areas with all my favorite people and we got to check off more of our Maryland herps (reptiles and amphibians). I also got to go to another park with Josh and Brennan earlier in the week. That's 3 parks in one week! I had basically stopped going to parks, which was probably a bad idea. No one usually wants to come with and I am not a solo traveler. Never have been. I don't know why I love swamps so much. Maybe it's because they only seem dead, but they're actually some of the most "alive" places on the planet. So much goes on there. Anyway... I also hosted a couple people from school and their Moms for an end of semester BBQ, which is a big deal for me since I normally get so anxious about social gatherings, especially hosting them and meeting new people. Not this time! And I only obsessed over everything I said and did afterwards for a few hours i...