Christmas break was pretty fun. Due to the weather in Seattle I lost about a week of my vacation. Since my friend Brian and I were traveling with the companion fare we were stuck with each other for all of our traveling. You can read all about our start to our holiday break here.
It was pretty good to get home. As always, I was amazed at how big my nieces had gotten. Mairin, turned one in November and Claire will be four in June. My family was pretty good. Compared to other Christmases it was relatively calm and free of any sort of fighting.
New Year's was fun. My friends Jon, Chad, Tim and I made dinner at Jon and Chad's house and then went out for a bit. We counted down the New Year in Chad's brother's garage and were also witness to a man almost getting knocked out by a huge belt buckle. In fact, I do believe the belt buckle wasn't a belt buckle at all but a Chevy emblem converted into a belt buckle. Which meant that it left quite an egg on the dude's head. It was also better than other New Year's because everyone was more concerned with getting all the champagne bottles open as quickly as possible at the stroke of 12. Other people seem more concerned with making out with someone at midnight and it was refreshing to be surrounded by people who had their priorities straight!
The following weekend I went snowmobiling in Upper Michigan with my brother and sister-in-law and our friend Jay. We drove up to Ishpeming, MI and stayed at the Best Western there. I'm not sure how many miles we put on that weekend, but Jay said that we put on 210 on Saturday alone.
It felt so good to see soooo many huge trees. I really really miss those things. It was also a bit scary for me to see so many huge ones. I kept having images of myself flying around the corner and slamming into one. I did alright though. The machine I was using was a bit powerful for me and I couldn't seem to keep a straight line on the trail but I did pretty well. I only went into the "pickers" once when I veered off the trail to miss hitting a rabbit.
On Saturday we stopped at this really cool restaurant to eat and when I said "really cool" I mean really freaking cold. It was almost colder inside the restaurant than it was outside and none of us could get warm. At one point some guy started lighting the little decorative candles that were on the bar and we all were trying to warm our hands over those. There was also a small little gas fireplace in the building and people were huddled around that trying to get warm. It would have been a much cooler place if it were warm. I did leave a suggestion in the suggestion box to "Please turn the heat up, we are cold! Thank you!" I loved seeing all the snowmobiles outside. It was pretty rad. Thanks Brian, Heidi and Jay for letting me tag along! Always the little sister, huh? Some things never change no matter how old we all get.
My oldest brother, Brian, got me some pretty sweet pink snowshoes for Christmas and I took those out a few times while I was home. I was amazed at how much of a workout I felt I got. It had been years since I donned snowshoes. I couldn't fit them in my luggage when I came back up so my mom is sending them to me.
I also got to see my friend Jenny's little baby, Olivia. I took my niece with me to see the baby and Claire was so fun. I love that she is so outgoing and bubbly. In no time at all she was running around and exploring the Schroeder home and was "helping" Jon's mom and dad make us drinks. After that we went out to eat and after watching that little girl eat a cheeseburger, fries and a small ice cream cone I thought for sure she was going to puke. She didn't though.
Brian and I left on Thursday evening from Chicago and spent two nights in Anchorage. On the second night we got to see the Badgers beat UAA in hockey.
We rented a little Forenza and although I could see that the Forenza would probably be a nice little car in the summer it didn't perform all that well on the icy roads. We had fun with it though (although I drove like a little grandma).
I arrived here in Oscarville two nights ago and it feels good to be home. Macy is loving it as well and I hope our warm weather (0 degrees!) holds until this afternoon so we can go bike riding on the river.
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