Let it snow, let it snow, let it... ok, now, that's enough... ah, oh well... let it snow!

I have been in Michigan for a few days now, and there are a few things I've noticed. The first thing I realized is that I'm normal- yup, that's right, I am absolutely normal. That is to say, in Michigan I'm normal. It is normal to wear shirts about the mitten state, be rowdy on the weekends, and tell impossibly long stories, you just have to be in Michigan.

Let me give you an example. Yesterday, I made the trek to East Lansing with Carrie and Zach to see some friends. When we arrived at Carrie's house, the dogs attacked us (of course), and Carrie's mom fed us breakfast- as each of her family members walked downstairs, I noticed that every single one of them was wearing a Michigan State University shirt or sweat shirt. Even Carrie's brother's girlfriend was wearing an MSU shirt- so there we were, 7 adults with spartan pride. Earlier in the week I went to the mall and saw more than one store selling novelty T-shirts about the mitten state- so there! It isn't just me!

Then we went to East Lansing where we were rowdy. Carrie's little brother- alias 'army of one Bob' showed up at Woody's pretty inappropriate. First he offered to taze us, because apparently it is the secret of the energizer bunny's power- who knew? Next, he pulled out his own bottle of whiskey and a bottle of soda and made his own drink, sometime later, he asked me how it felt to lose both of my brothers to the communists. It was pretty amazing, apparently when I went to the bathroom, he tried to get my friends to help him 'take melissa and her brothers down', because I guess we don't love 'mericuh enough.

The weather here has been dangerous, Carrie and I spun out on the highway on our way home, so we got a ride from one of Carrie's brother's girlfriends, who had a car with newer tires. Because of the weather, I'm staying at Carrie's tonight and going home tomorrow. We just had some turkey with her two brothers, both of their girlfriends and her parents, it is nice to be able to borrow someone elses' brothers for a while since mine are in China.

So I'm happy to be home for a bit, but don't worry about me, I'm definately missing Africa too.

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