Now for the down side of the good – the bad…
We have been going out entirely too much lately — we went to the movies with my parents a couple of times in the last couple of weeks; saw Insidious – a scary but cliché ghost movie and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, 3D – that was fun, love Johnny Depp — and need to cut back. Well, we certainly want to eat less and eat healthier so perhaps that will help with the going out part. We need to find some free stuff to do – maybe we should make exercise (walks) our going out. That and the pool will be open soon, yay. The only bad thing is it is summer and I will want to go to the beach and up north. Of course I would love to go back to Mackinac (may not happen again this year but I am keeping my fingers crossed for the fall). Plus we have a membership to The Henry Ford this year. All this takes some money and to go anywhere of any distance takes gas, stinkin’ gas which is over $4 a gallon! Blah is what I say. Gas prices need to go down or they are going to damage our fragile economy. I need to see the beach dammit!! I cannot stand to be landlocked!! So that has been getting me down – worries over the high gas prices and thoughts of being landlocked all summer.
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Did you know there are some people, living in Michigan, who have not seen any of the Great Lakes? I cannot imagine…
I remember when my friend Rachel and I went to a beach on Lake Michigan when we were around 19/20. She had never been up north but I had not realized she had never seen a lake as big one of the Great Lakes. She could not believe how big it was and that she could not see to the other side! I could not believe she could not believe it!! Shoot, we didn’t live that far from Lake Erie, which is a pretty big lake too. She had never been. I just could not fathom not enjoying the Lakes when you live in the state that is famous for them.
Once I met a friend for a late night snack at Denny’s. I was showing her my pictures of Lake Michigan and the bluffs of Sleeping Bear Dunes. Our waitress was also looking at my pictures and asked where they were taken. I told her and she could not believe that was Michigan! She thought they were pictures of California or some far off place. Nope, all Michigan, and fairly close to home (at least within a half day’s drive). I just can’t ever believe people don’t enjoy the beauty and assets of the state they live in. Unfathomable! I said that already (in so many words) but it really blows my mind. I am so thankful I have had opportunities to enjoy the Lakes.
So that brings me back to this summer. I need to enjoy the Lakes and my favorite Michigan places at least. It is not a want but a NEED, Dammit! Shouldn’t have bought all that crap at JCP and ate all that damn food, heehee.
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