Michigan

I am officially a "Michigander."  I think.  A few things have led me to this conclusion. First, I killed a wild animal, albeit this time with my car.  The first victim was a turkey (probably named Tom).  There was a pack of them, probably on the way to dinner somewhere, that crossed the road for some reason and while I missed most of the herd, one got gobbled up by my rambling, rumbling Rouge.

I felt a little bad about this until I was a at a retirement party.  Three faculty were retiring, and between them they had hit about 15 deer and more of other things coming and going to work.  I guess my turkey was just part of my initiation.

I also feel like I belong because I think that I found a house.  On a lake.  With a view.  And with mosquitos.    What more do you need, eh?  It is about 25 or so miles from school so I will have a commute, but it is near roads that sometimes get plowed and only about three miles from a place where you could find food (that you didn't have catch or grow yourself).  I think it will work out.  Knowing for sure would take a bit of stress off this whole moving thing.

All in all, I fee that I am settling in.  People are correcting my spelling on my blog, telling me all the things that I need to know (and do) and generally treating me like normal. They certainly aren't intimidated or shy!   And that is a good thing, I think.

The weather here has been miserable.  The sun was out for a few minutes today, but this was the sunset, such as it was.  Everyone is tired of rain but tomorrow is graduation day.  The sun always shines on graduation, right?