Well, it's been almost two months since my last post. I've been meaning to write since I got back and indeed, that's what I've been doing, but I dropped the ball and there's a huge entry sitting around, not having been published yet.

So, to keep it short:

-stayed in Chicago for no more than 24 hours.

-was whisked away to Mackinac Island

-then to Ludington

-worked for a week at Teacher's Discovery, which was enough to cover some of my books for first semester.

-moved back to campus. This was were I had my only instance of culture shock and it wasn't even that so much. It was odd to be back, but not be in the room I had my freshmen and sophomore years. It seemed like a weird step-back.

-luckily, I didn't and still don't have a roommate. She just never moved in. So that's been nice.

-I'm taking 18 credits and I have a part time job, which is 8 to 18 hours each week.

-This is the first semester that I absolutely love all of my classes:

+Plant Botany 218 Plants of Michigan with Lab
+Plant Botany 441 Plant Ecology
+German 455 German Cultural History
+German 491 Special Topics in German Culture
+German 492 Capstone Project
+Japanese 101 Introduction to Japanese

So, I'm in love with Michigan again, or at least the landscape. However, starting tomorrow the state will be shutting down. I'm not so in love with that. Many people seem to be making escape plans and I'm one of them. At least, for graduate school. If Michigan's not going to support me as a student, then I don't know why I should support the state with my tax dollars. Sorry Michigan, I love you baby, but I think it's time we saw other people.

Photos of the past months to come in a few weeks.