Leaving the Nest~Again

Mary went back to Ann Arbor this afternoon after a last morning of fun and games. We had french toast for breakfast, then she packed up her stuff.  I took the girls shopping and then a Burger King lunch.  Mary and I had lots of laughs and fun with a speedy game of Scrabble. We had some awesome words and finished in about 30 minutes. Brandon and his dad arrived here about before three pm and packed up the car.  I am glad to report that there was room for her cello in the backseat. It almost looked like another person in the riding along!  They made it back safe and sound..Thanks Jim!

We had some snow last night and this morning. There were some moments of pretty heavy snow. Matthew and I shoveled late in the afternoon when he got home from school. He has been busy with classes again and getting back into the swing of studying.  One Acts district competition is January 29th, so after school rehearsals are daily.  Matthew says it is coming along nicely.

Yesterday was really FUN day!  Sorry, Matthew had school.  The rest of our family and Brandon went to the Grand Rapids Museum and saw the Bodies Reveled Exhibit.  It was really  very interesting and informative.  Everyone enjoyed the exhibit and the rest of the museum. There are really nice things to see there.  Got back to Greenville in the afternoon and had a delicious lunch at Jimmy's Pub and Grub (Cory's).   Mary, Sarah, Brandon and I played a scoring game of scrabble with Brandon as the winner.  He won the dictionary game too the night before after the annual Bulkoogi Fest.  Jeff and I won as a team in Trivial Pursuit for the first game and then Sarah and I won the second round.  Ok let's get back to back to yesterday. We ended the evening together with Matthew and saw the movie "True Grit".  It was a good movie, more of a personal story of the journey with Rooster and Mattie. There was good acting, with drama and comedy. It was hard not to compare it to the John Wayne movie from the 60's.

The big scandal is whether or not Rich Rodriguez will keep his job as Michigan Football Coach.  The media reported him fired prematurely.  Guess we will know more tomorrow after another meeting.  I think it is time for him to leave.  Michigan was just terrible this season.  Was there a defense?  We need to get someone to bring the Wolverines back to the amazing team I remember! Champions of the West! Hail to the Victors!

Taking tomorrow off and spending time with Sarah.  She is home until Sunday.  Hooray!

Until Next Time~

Gracie