Michigan State Spartans

I don't even need to say anything to tell you that I am thoroughly excited about my Spartans being up to #13 in the National polls. It was probably more thrilling to get the text updates amidst a mixed crowd at the wedding in Gull Lake. We have won every important game this year. It's not to say that I wouldn't love to see MSU in the Rose Bowl this year, but I set the same standards every year and they have met them. Way to go guys!

Speaking of the wedding, it was very strange to be away from Amanda and at a wedding by myself. Fortunately for me I wasn't actually by myself but instead went with Mom and Katherine for a good old family-style roadtrip. I think I'm going to working off the Combo's and wedding meal all week but I enjoyed going up there and the area around the lake was absolutely gorgeous. Congratulations to Elizabeth and Shawn and you two couldn't have had a better day for a wedding.

We stopped to see a market heifer on the way up to the wedding and that has gotten the cattle sale bug in me. Hopefully Jacob will be able to find what he is looking for and we will be able to help him do his best in the projects for next year. Every year we are close and it'd be nice to win the steer show while it is still competitive. Andy's blog featured this song this week and so I just thought I would include it here. It's just a small part of my background music today as I try to get caught up and back into gear for another week of school. My first biochem exam is this Friday and I'm nervous to be taking a test again; I'm out of practice.

Pictures

As promised, attached are pictures, first of one of the kittens. There are four total but coincidentally enough they've turned up missing and we're pretty sure our neighbors are to blame again. Anytime we get decent cats around, our neighbors steal them or they turn up "missing". I just don't get it.



Secondly, inserted is one picture of me and Chris at the end of Pelotonia10 Day 1, and then click here to see a picture of me at the finish on Day 2.

If anyone is looking for MSU tickets for this fall, please look forward to a link on my facebook. I'm trying to get rid of the whole season minus the MSU vs. Notre Dame night game and all I'm trying to do is cover cost, so they're a great buy.



Finally, I just wanted to throw in a picture from Amanda and I's little pure Michigan trip last year to Lake Michigan in Grand Haven. I miss being in Michigan in the summer. Either that, or I miss the job flexibility that I had last year which enabled me to go places like that. Done get me wrong, I'm far happier being here in Ohio with family and my wife, but I miss my friends and the state of Michigan a lot. I miss it even more now that everyone is moving back to East Lansing for the fall semester. I just got a text last night from Drew asking if I was going to be in town and I think that's when it hit me more than ever how many people I've left behind in one place that will be dear to me for a very long time. Thankfully I have good friends here, both new and old, to fill the gap and spend time with.