Super Official (Oct 5)

• Today started with a trip (in my new car - driving stick again was way easier than I thought it would be) to the credit union to sign my loan papers. Woo! It was actually pretty exciting and very easy. Made so by Jen, for sure. After that, it was official! The car is mine - and so are the loan payments...ah well :)
• Then I went to the Secretary of State's office to adjust my address for my license and for voting. Woohoo, now I can vote in Washtenaw County! Althought, I realized that this means I don't get to vote for Sheriff Fuller :(
• After that, I had my first conversations with my WAY students - I'm excited to get to know them better :)
• And then I was off to the Miller-Fitzsimmons wedding, up in Charlevoix! The drive up was AMAZING! I think I'm addicted to fall colors on the leaves. Even along 131, it looked wonderful. All I wanted to do was jump out and take picture about every 500 feet. Not that much extra time though :( The only bad part of my journey was seeing a wrap-around-a-tree car accident along the way. I didn't see the accident happen but I passed by only a few minutes after it happened, and burst into tears as soon as I drove by. There was not enough room in that crumpled metal for a human body. And, of course, it brought back memories of our crash. And then I missed the turn I needed to take and got slightly lost.
• Eventually, I arrived at Castle Farms though. The grounds were pretty and I wish I could have explored more but boy was it chilly! I went inside and found almost all the family :) Hugs were exchanged and it was nice to catch up with people, while we were waiting for the ceremony to start. I told Trevor and Grandpa about the weird foods I ate in Korea. I met Charlie and we bonded over being gingers :) I saw and loved Jack's (and his groomsmen's) choice of wedding shoes. The ceremony was beautiful and it was great sitting next to Katie for it. I got to see Uncle Bob for the first time in a long time - it was crazy, but nice. I didn't have a placecard (and therefore a place to sit :/) but  Aunt Elaine made sure that I sat with our family. We had Beef Bourguignon for dinner (Julie and Julia!). Dancing was fun and the Mother-Son dance was adorable...Jack and Lindsey had anyone who qualified as "Mother-Son" join in too - which meant a lot of our family! I caught up with different family members. We watched Kyle try to hit on a girl at the reception. We went to a little bar afterwards and hung out a little more. Jim, Trevor and I checking in at the hotel and realized how not worth the $80 per night it was. VERY good time :)