I'm not unemployed anymore - I actually have a very fabulous job as a preschool teacher with the University of Michigan child care centers. But I'm still posting, albeit a little more irregularly, and I don't want to ignore the personal progress I've made since starting this blog by renaming it.

Blog inspiration: I read 48 States in 48 Days by Paul Jury in the summer of 2011. It was fabulous...although he planned way less for his roadtrip than I would have. And at the same time, my lovely Anna was constantly reminding me that our lives were awesome, despite the fact that we didn't have job prospects, new cars, boyfriends/husbands, houses, etc., like so many people we knew. So, in an effort to appreciate my life and the crazy uncertainty that it is, I started writing this blog about the little adventures I have. (And by "writing a blog," I mean "making a list" because I make lists, not narratives.) Even if there isn't a BIG adventure that happens every day, I try to find at least one thing to list :)

Friday, August 12, 2011

Time to End the Story


  • I ate a peach today and the pit was kind of beautiful:

    • Finished He's Just Not That Into You. I recommend it to every woman. I really liked it.

    Tonight is my last in Ypsilanti and I kind of can't believe it. There are a lot of things I didn't do while I was here that I should have. But there are also a lot of great things I discovered about this place. List of things I love about Ypsi:
    • Dom's.
    • The inspiring thoughts on the sign for that chiropractor on Washtenaw.
    • The old Tower Inn.
    • How every time we have a cool, sunny summer morning - the kind where you can tell it's going to be hot later - I am reminded of guard weekends.
    • People who live here and really love it (like Trudy and Carter).
    • The houses in the "March-a-thon" neighborhoods.
    • That I left my rug on my porch to dry today and nothing happened to it.
    • The library. Movies for free and that are mine for 2 weeks at a time. Book sales and old ladies who give me free books. The buildings themselves.
    • The green grass on campus.
    • Rynearson stadium. All the drama of guard hadn't started during band camp rehearsals there and kind of just left on game days...so the stadium is filled with pretty much only good memories.
    • How Pray-Harrold reminds me of muffins and classes (mostly math). I liked the old one, and wonder what the new one will be like.
    • The practice field.
    • Meijer. Goodness, do I love Meijer.
    • The giant house on River St. that I pass every time I drive to Farmington.
    • How close we are to Ann Arbor.
    • The lightpole EMU banners on Huron St. and Washtenaw.
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