No, we aren't back to West Virginia yet! OLD home is where we were today, very old home. But not a home for old people. No, when I was 2-ish and a bit before Ashley was born, we moved to Eau Claire, Michigan because Dad was going to seminary at Andrews University. So today we ran around that area a little bit to find a lighthouse, see how the area had changed, and to track down the house we lived in while we were here.
I tried to find that house almost two years ago. I was up at Andrews with some friends visiting some other friends over our mid-term break. We don't always think things through though, so when we went to go try to find my house 2 years ago, it was dark. Like, not twilight dark, but dead-of-winter-night dark. There are hardly any lights out here. We could see hardly anything. Except the "Bunnies for Sale" or "Free Bunnies" sign on one road. It took all of my powers of persuasion to convince my travelmates that no, no we couldn't take a bunny back with us all the way to Washington, DC. But I did convince them. We didn't find my house, but we also didn't bring back any bunnies.
This time though we found the house. But first, we went to find a lighthouse in St. Joseph's. Apparently we went out there some while we lived in the area. I don't remember most of the stuff we saw today because I was 3 and 4? No recollection really. We saw the North Pier Lighthouse, but we couldn't climb it.
We drove through Berrien Springs. Mom and Dad said that the whole area had really grown up a lot. They liked the "new" front entrance to the University. It was like that the last time I was there, but...that was only 2 years ago. I don't know how old it actually is. Then we found the house. It looks good. It looks really good. It is a really old house, but someone has cleaned it up really well over the last 20 years.
We then drove to South Bend, and found a CHIPOTLE! It's been forever, literally, since I have had that delicious-ness. :) Then we drove a wee bit more. We're on the edge of Indiana and Ohio. I got to swim in a pool for the first time this summer. That was nice. It was crisp and cool, which felt really good on my rather sunburnt shoulders. Yesterday's walk on the beach was not very nice to my shoulders.
My hair is getting ridiculously long. I can have about 3 different hairstyles now. At least. Maybe four, actually. I haven't had those options in years. I haven't been able to put it in a ponytail in years. Good thing I'll be home soon and can cut this mop off! It wouldn't be so bad in the winter--it's a nice covering for my ears--but it's over 100 degrees outside. I do not need ear covers right now.
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