mini adventure

So I still have this thing.

I wish I'd thought to update in the past few months because I've been doing quite a bit of adventuring. Nothing too exciting, but little adventures that keep things interesting, I guess.

Yesterday, after a month of begging, we finally took a trip to the beach. I don't know why, but someone jokingly suggested it awhile ago and I just latched on to the idea. We have tons of snow in Michigan so obviously there isn't going to be a lot to do there, but winter trips to the shore in New Jersey used to be my favorite thing to do. We'd have nothing else to do in the middle of the night, so the hour drive there took up some time and I guess it just seemed exciting to play in the sand, in the dark, when no one else was around.

Anyhow, after getting slightly lost and ignoring directions from a gas station attendant (she told us all the beaches that weren't gated would require a 2 miles hike through the woods), we managed to find Lake Michigan. We had to walk down a bunch of stairs covered in snow and ice and it was such a strange experience. It was dark (and my vision isn't great) so it was difficult for me to tell the difference between the sky, water, snow, and sand. It looked like a ton of nothingness and I was a little freaked out that we were walking toward it.

After a bit of stumbling, we found our way to the edge of the water. Then my roommate Melissa pointed out that there were little miniature icebergs floating in front of us. Then Erin point out that directly next to us there was a large formation of snow and ice that had broken off and fallen into the water. She also pointed out that it was exactly like the one that we were standing on.

I think my heart almost fell out. How scary would it be to fall into a freezing lake in the middle of the night? That isn't exactly the way I'd like to die.


So anyway, I guess I don't really have anything interesting to blog about. Living with six other people means that the kitchen is pretty much always a disaster, so I don't think I've even attempted to cook anything since Thanksgiving. I should probably try to start experimenting again because I really liked doing that. I'm determined to think of some way to keep my little blog alive though, because I like the idea of having it around.