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Well here I am, home again, watching last week's X-Files on the Tivo, writing in my blog. How are you, my five readers?
Jessica's graduation was fun (congratulations, Jess!); Ann Arbor is a beautiful town; seeing most of the old friends together was great.
We stayed at the Residence Inn, right behind the Red Roof off of State St. The place itself was nice enough, with a two bedroom suite, though we had an assortment of troubles, including some overwhelming stench requiring one room switch and a lack of hot water in the new room for a day. To their credit, they gave us a room switch the first night sight unseen, and for our trouble with the water, they also gave a $50 service credit without our request. Some would say it should have been more; I think that considering we were able to use another room for hot water until ours was fixed, the credit was a welcome bit, especially since we didn't have to ask for it. It's easy to give a credit when you think you have to - but to give one without request shows a consideration for the customer.
One word for the actual graduation ceremony - long! Lots of names of people we didn't know, a few we did. Wonkee, Ayelette, George, Joanne, Liz - those we had heard about so many times (and some we had met before) sharing the big day with the rest of the fresh "take on the world" lawyers.
We had dinner at "Grizzly Peak", a kind of brew pub last night. The twenty-somethings then met up with the Law friends of Jess and went bowling before heading back to the hotel.
This morning we met up with Jess, Megan and Brad along with Connie and Emil Dvorak for brunch, had a good omelette (though Jess recommends the french toast, got a tour of the law quad, and hit the road around 11am. 9 hours later, with short stops in towns like Kalamazoo and the Iowa-80 (The Largest Truckstop in the WORLD) we made it back to Indianola.
Miscellaneous Thoughts:
A nine-hour drive isn't that bad, but I'd hate to do it all the time. Don't ask them to hold the tomato on a salad at Steak & Shake, 'cause they won't. Weird things show up under black lights. Ann Arbor has a beautiful classic look, lots of character, and some cute lookin' girls too. Law school students study in opulence when they choose to do so in the quad. The ABA doesn't allow for an actual diploma until grades are certified, so graduates don't get diplomas at graduation time. Ender's Game is a good read. Getting work done on a trip over the cell phone is easy; getting work done on a trip using the laptop is not so easy. Mint skittles are better than they sound, but nobody else will try them. Grizzly Peak is funny, but a restaurant called Grizzly Pete would be funnier. Michigan City is in Indiana. And State St is the key to finding everything in Ann Arbor.
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