Hampton Inn Mt Pleasant Mount Pleasant

... cheap.

Through an hours program i traded volunteer hours at the school for an all expense trip to Philadelphia and then Grapevine Texas. The same year as Philadelphia my smarts got me a scholarship and a free trip to Washington D.C.

This year I've had the privilege to travel Europe with my best friend for pretty cheap once again due to excelling in school. I've also been lucky enough to go rock climbing and ...

Well there are three full days before I drive to Trav. City to catch my excape back to Cal. In the past two day the biggest event is my getting a new bottle of Balsamic vinegar oh and the sun coming out today. So unless something mind blowing happens, this is most likely the last entry :- [

... am. One fritter and coffee, a table with a view. I know I am no one to say this BUT, and that is mostly what you see, big butts and bags and boxes stuffed with glazed everything filled with white stuff. Some boxes ending on the floor but hay we are all having so much fun. Well anyway, back to da lake to pick up my brother [got up early to get to the park early] and left for the park at 10:30 ...

... pig catching and pie eating at the Lumbermen’s’ Fest. To be followed by a trip to Flushing for tacos with da family = niece, nephew, 2 grand nieces, two grand nephews, all their squeezes and a brother, and you have no idea how interesting this could be. Thank goodness I will have an escape pod.

Well, the sun did not rise this am, rather the rain gods ...

... that's STORM 2009]. Did see the sun at sunset, there were four stars and now its lighting, who knows what tomorrow brings. It’s 10:30, I have no more images to process, am done writing this and so other than drink my coffee, what will keep me up till midnight, oh, and I could read some. So looking forward to my photo shoot next week, something creative for a change. Good night!

... coffee and bagel. Its again one of those light gray, humid Michigan mornings and everyone keeps saying, that this is so abnormal and I would have to agree. Most feel it all started last year with the lack of a real summer and this is just more of the same, November maybe late Sept. weather. Must be that el neon [sp] out California way where it so nice and HOT. Well today its off to the thumb for chicken dinner and hopefully lots of outhouses, more on that later.

... for the gym but a cup of coffee. Where to go, the only choices were McDs, a couple grease pits or "Cops and Donuts" where after the first visit I did not want to return just to watch necks bleed. Parked in front of the gym (got close) and noticed a new coffee shop, "Coffee Talk" about three doors down from C & D and while not impressive from the outside figured I would give it a try. Wow, it is sooooooooo not Mid Michigan/Clare ...

... the drain job and now have no projects, but may push the irragation thing. Went into town for more shopping, had to get pastys to eat, not ware. Discovered McDs has wi-fi so here I am and its now in the 50s. Forcast is for more of the same weather tomarrow but then clearing to nice on Monday. Tomarrow it the Harrision street fest, Sun the Alpine fest at I forgot where and Monday is to far away. Anyway thats it for now.

... day would be digging up the septic as it wasn't working. After digging all over the place we at last found it, determined we would do a Michigan back woods fix (on detail here), did so filled in the hold and an to new things. Into to town for groceries and WOW, did I forget how limited shopping could be. Did the best I could with turkey bacon, 3 gram ...

... shiny red car with a grill, and 2. Although Jason is a sometimes weasely little guy, he's loads of fun and one of my best friends. The car's two older owners drove us around, and Jason and I tried to make conversation. The old car ambled slowly. The old couple spoke with a slowness and dullness that I'd never seen in live bodies before. Jason and I spoke with a lot of young vigor, but we couldn't inject any into them. I was excited by how the car called ...