Michigan

Tomorrow I am going to Jackson to shop and meet my brother's new girlfriend, Nikki. Then I am leaving for Michigan to visit my family on Friday. We go every summer. My grandparents live in Ann Arbor but also have a place on Lake Michigan. It's really pretty up there. I have a very interesting extended family, especially as far as religion is concerned. My grandparents and one of my aunts believe in a "higher power." Two of my aunts are Jewish and their husbands are atheists. I remember when I was in the sixth grade and my uncle tried to convince me that the whole Noah and the arc story was scientifically impossible because after the two animals mated there would have to be inbreeding and the offspring would be genetically flawed. I was so upset because I didn't know how to defend what I believe in at that age. My dad's side of the family also comes from all over the country: from Mississippi to North Carolina to Washington state to Michigan! Although we are a very diverse family and a lot of them drive me crazy, I do love my aunts and uncles and cousins and grandparents. I have a lot of good memories from family reunions in Michigan. Two years ago, I got to go see the 100th Michigan vs. Ohio State game. An Ohio State fan threw a water balloon at me (he was up in a tree) and it was freezing cold outside! I have never seen such competitive people. It was unbelievable. I know it's a stereotype, but people in the north really are so much more rude and unaccepting than southerners are. I enjoy visiting up north but I hope I always live in the South.