Minot, North Dakota

Right now I'm at the Minot Air Force Base visiting my brother Dan and his family (love them all, by the way) and I've noticed a couple things. A) with family around, it's easy to slip into a new routine/environment B) North Dakota does not like my forehead.

As for "A"--I've always hated travelling (not the seeing new places/having fun part, but the ceaseless driving, packing, perpetual visitor part) and I thought it would be really tough fitting in as a house guest, but it's actually been really easy. Family's great. ^_^ I love spending time with Dan, Nikki, Ethan, Gabby and Elijah.

And "B", well . . . let's just say that Nikki may have beaned me in the head with a dvd (accidentally, of course) early on in my stay, and I may just have a wee bit of a scar *ahem*; on the drive up, and now that I'm here, I keep hitting my head on any vehicle I get into (yes, I am a klutz); and a few hours ago baby Elijah discovered that he could stick the suction-cup fish from Dan and Nikki's shower on my head and pull it off again repeatedly and I have a red circle imprinted on my forehead (next to the scar, actually) that won't go away. Wonder what else my forehead has in store? (Gosh, I hope this circle goes away . . .)