Another Year...

Older, that is. Birthday's really just aren't that exciting anymore. Part of it I'm sure relates to the lack of parties and gifts and part is the whole idea that it's just another year. It's certainly not a bad time to reflect, but that's not really what I did today. Mostly I was at camp running a camp open house for the district. It was good. Lots of folks came out for the day and I had a number of camp staff show up to help. The weather also turned out to be a nice, sunny fall day.

The rest of the weekend was good as well. I went up to the family farm overnight Friday and saw my dad, grandpa and a great uncle. As usual, we went for fish fry in Belgiumtown for dinner with some other relatives. Their project for the trip was to build an elevated tree stand for deer hunting. It's pretty good sized and looks for all the world like a tree house on telephone poles. There were a lot of deer to be seen while I was there. It was also cold. On Saturday we woke to a dusting of snow on the ground and below freezing temperatures. Of course we went for a walk in it. I got more good pictures with clouds and sun as I like to catch. I'll shoot to post a album with them in it this week.

Last night I went to Brian's last regular season game. They won big against a team they lost to earlier in the season. I had tried to watch the MSU/OSU game earlier in the day and all but cried watching how bad the Spartans were playing. I'm kind of glad that I didn't see the other MSU games this season. On the upside, the Rebels are in the quarterfinals next week, so I'll be headed to Appleton for an 8pm game on Saturday.

The Lions finally won today. Since I was at camp I didn't see the game, but at least I can continue to fly the flag with less shame. After all their record is the same as the Pack now... Much better is that the Tigers are in the World Series. Who would have guessed that? I certainly hadn't paid that much attention earlier in the season. I think I will need to become a temporary baseball fan and watch the games this year. After their sweep of the A's I'd love to see them sweep the Series. If only the Lions could get good as quick as the Tigers, but that would be wishing too much.

On a final note, if you have not seen or heard Weird Al's newest song, "White and Nerdy", here it is. This should have been my song when working in Pontiac. Enjoy.