Well we’re back in Michigan at the moment. Emily’s brother is getting married this coming Saturday and we are skipping classes to be a part of the celebration.
It’s fun to be back here in March. It’s cold and gray and a good reminder of what Michigan is like apart from summertime. That sounds negative but actually it is kind of having a soothing, homey affect on me. It’s like I look around and think “I know this, this is familiar” and it’s rather nostalgically satisfying.
Yesterday Emily and I, and Emily’s little brother, ran around doing errands. We got a phone number for our cell phone to use now and later this summer, we deposited money in our MSUFCU account, we had lunch at Qdoba (blissful), we shopped at Horrocks for hard-to-find food that Emily’s wants to take back with us and we went to sell plasma but left without doing so because it would have taken too long and made us late for family dinner at the Muffett home.
It was fun to be driving around Lansing again. I found myself noticing all the fat people; I’m talking about the fat people so fat that they had to lean on things and walk slowly. It was weird. I don’t think I’ve seen more than five people like that in Taiwan in the past two and a half years I’ve lived there and yesterday it seemed like those folks were a huge percentage of the mid-Michigan population. I guess culture-shock comes in many forms.
Another wonderful part of yesterday was all the great conversations we had with our family here. Being with loved-ones is incredible. I think since we live overseas and only have a limited amount of time with our family it might even add to our ability to have QT with them because when we are home there is a sense of urgency and a real desire to connect. When I lived here in Michigan all the time the same was not true. Interesting isn’t it. However, we do spend the summers here. I wonder how my feelings would differ if we never saw family for years on end. I’m almost positive I’d feel very differently and talking to folks back in Taiwan who’ve made a life of it makes me feel like long-term separation can have a negative connection affect with family. Once again I’m led to conclude that Emily and I truly have a great deal in this time in our lives. Thank you Jesus for your blessing!
Today I woke up at 6:50am. Jet lag always gives me the false impression that I’ve turned over a new leaf and I’m now an extremely motivated, go-getter kind of person. Once I’m over jet lag I always remember that I’m just as good at sleeping in as I ever was. Hooray for personal insights right?
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