West Michigan is a very Dutch area. Between the city of Holland and Calvin College the area is just saturated with a bunch of blonde-haired, blue-eyed, CRC individuals. And most of them are very proud of their Dutch heritage, embracing every stereotypical aspect of it - participating in the street scrubbing at the Tulip Time [...]
I’m checking in from Grand Rapids today - I’m here recuperating at my parents after the whirlwind that was yesterday and waiting to have dinner for my father’s 73rd birthday (and the man still doesn’t know when he’s going to retire.)
Yesterday morning I packed up all my dirty laundry (hey, I’m going to be home [...]
I just finished the dishes from dinner, opened up my computer to help me decide what to do tonight, and found these three emails, one right after the other, from school:
BUDGET DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE: WSU OPEN ON MONDAY
Like most of us, we are watching closely the struggles in Lansing to adopt a [...]
So I just got done with a workout in the fitness room of my apartment building , it was great, I feel good, but I’m ugly and sweaty. My gym bag is covered in cat hair and a neon mouse cat toy is sticking out the top (they are EVERYWHERE, I’ve found them in my [...]
I knew it was coming. In fact I’ve been checking every day to see if they had reached a decision yet. While waiting I had tried to prepare myself for how bad it was going to be. But all the emotional preparation did absolutely no good because it still feels like I just got a [...]
