The Reunion

It was great to see the places and faces of McPherson College!





We got back last night from our trip to college homecoming and our 10th year reunion. If there was a 5-year, we didn't go. So, this was our first time back.

Here's the run-down:

Thursday Arrived about 7:15 pm. Fed a hearty meal of pasta and homemade red sauce at Pete's house.

Friday Liesurely got ready for the day. Toured my brother-in-law's work place (see my next post for more details). Brought home lunch from Sonic Drive-In, one our favorites in McPherson. Fed another hearty supper at Pete's house. Left DT with Pete & Sara and enjoyed the college theater production "Leading Ladies." It was hilarious (especially under the influence of pain killers)!

Saturday Hearty breakfast of pancakes, eggs, and bacon at Pete's. Headed to the college for homecoming festivities... car show, kids' activities, class photo, bookstore, tailgate lunch, football game. Left the game early. Napped at Pete's. Headed to Lakeside Park to watch an ultimate frisbee game and let DT play. Headed to the beautiful home of Darren & Sarah Hendricks for a class reunion including dinner. Enjoyed finding out what everyone's been doing. Dropped DT off at Pete's for the night and went to the Fanny reunion where a slide show of pictures were shared and stories were told.

Sunday Got back in the car for another 13-hour drive to head home. Ben had to drive the whole way because of my injury, so I tried to keep him awake and entertained. We commented on the stupidity of 2 motorcycles that flew past us somewhere in Illinois, likely going 90 mph. Passing everyone on the left and right, pulling in front of a semi next to us only feet in front of it. Reckless driving for sure, without helmets. Men drivers with women on the seat behind them in skimpy tank tops. Shortly afterward, traffic stopped. An accident 4 miles ahead. Traffic didn't move for 20 minutes. A motorcycle with 2 riders were airlifted away.

We got home last night around 9:30. It was a great trip...despite my injury.

Why am I blogging?

My sister asked me today if I ever blog.

Blog? It must be a verb. "It's on the computer right?" At age 32, I like to think myself young enough to know and understand current technology. After all, I'm a pretty average American woman. Wife. Mother. College-educated. Church-going. Professionally-employed. Tax-paying. Hoosier.

But, blogger? No.

My first encounter with a computer was in the 6th grade. My math teacher, Mr. Minnick, let us ford the streams and hunt the prarries of the "Oregon Trail" on Fridays if we had all of our work done.

I first learned about the internet in 1994 when I was a freshman at McPherson College. I was being told that you could just "search" for anything. Search??? Anything? I hardly believed it. My first search was "Days of Our Lives." And there it was. Albeit hard for me to understand how it came up on my computer.

Of course, I've heard the terms "blog" and "blogging" before today. But since they are so foreign to me, I've never even been interested enough in finding out exactly what it is, to try it... like Chinese math. No point in talking to me about it unless you can start from the beginning. It's all new to me.

So, my sister gave me a basic definition for "blogging" and said she'd read my blog.

Anita, here's to you!