GO BLUE!

NEW FAVORITE BIG 10 SCHOOL!

MICHIGAN WAS AWESOME, and I LOVED ANN ARBOR!
The weather might have been a little deceiving, as I'm not sure its normal to be able to walk around outside in the middle of November in only a cardigan, skirt, leggings, and boots. It was my ideal running weather, and there were great places to run!

The girls were so nice and welcoming, and their cook and "bus boys" reminded me of ISU Kappa all joking around with the girls and having fun! It was a great house to be at right before going home for Thanksgiving.

I was there the weekend before the clash of the blue and red (nebraska.. eew), so the girls were all excited for the game, and I wished I could have stayed for it, too. I had to get back to IOwa for the Living History Farms race on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, though, not to mention I was ready to be home! Turns out, I was in Ames during the big win over Oklahoma State (You're welcome, Alabama, for knocking them out of the national championship game spot!) Haha. Guess I'm some sort of good luck? Maybe? :)
Strangely enough, I had to drive to Flint from Ann Arbor to fly from the Flint airport-->Detroit-->Chicago-->Des Moines. Notice my travel pattern on this map. A=Ann Arbor.  Not sure why I didn't skip the whole hour drive to Flint for a 15 min flight to Detroit, when I could have driven 20 min to Detroit from Ann Arbor. Crazy Airlines.

My First Awkward Welcome sign in the airport...But it was still sweet!

Huge, beautiful house!

Their "Rock" that they paint. You can see millions of layers of paint dried dripping off it, at least a foot thick from all the painting from different organizations over the year. It was currently painted for the big "blood battle" between Michigan and Ohio State blood drive competition.

Pretty dorm area on campus

Angell Building

Statues on the Union. The man on the left is the "perfect athlete" and faces the stadium/athletic complexes, and the man on the right is the "perfect scholar" and faces campus. Together they make the "perfect Michigan student".

Entrance to the law quad. Supposedly the only place in North America that was considered to shoot Harry Potter at!

Law Quad: Classrooms, Living, Dining, and Library all connected and together!

Outside of Law Library. It is a completely silent library, and has stained glass windows of each of the other law schools in America around the top of the room!

Business building

The BIG House.. quite big :)

Go Blue!

So this is a wolverine?...

Preparing me for game day :) my Michigan Gatorade!

Here is a preview of my Thanksgiving weekend:

Thats right, I ran 7 miles in a skull and crossbone size XL little girls footie pajamas. The morning after ISU beat Ok St. YEAH BUDDY!

Aftermath of the race :)

My fellow runners!

Wouldn't be home if I wasn't taking awkward solo pics of my fam! Hey Mom!

Christmas Card Time!

Just a preview of the fun of the panoramic setting on my camera!

2 places at once! Creepy Kyle

Cat makes the picture.

Thanksgiving! Casually Chopping safely in the kitchen...

Cousins and Grandma!

3 generations!... Mom, looking cute.

<3 <3 <3

Such a nice day!

You believe Tony and me are taller than Kyle, right?

Just some casual weight training on his day off.

The Usual. Stevie going crazy with the regular coke

Family pretty happy that I'm taking solo pics of them.

Christmas Tree Shopping! (I look half awake..)

And Mom makes us pose by a sled.

All 5 of us crammed into the truck....

So thankful!
x's and o's
Allison

Trinity College.

Trinity College. Hartford, Connecticut. Happens to be THEE most dangerous/ghetto place in Connecticut, so naturally I'm thrown into the middle of it. Who would have thought?

While the house was in a sketchy area, the SMALL and i mean SMALL college campus area was fenced in, swarming with campus security and cameras, so it was safe and only a block away from the house I stayed in with 8 Kappas for the week. Luckily, I arrived AFTER the freak ice/snow storm so it was pretty fall weather, but there were MASSIVE amounts of trees and powerlines down. The house I stayed in had been in the 1% of houses that didn't lose power during the storm, too!

ALSO, I got some great news! One of the Kappas told me her uncle lived in IOWA! I was like, "No way, where?"
Kappa, "Oh, right outside Boise! Isn't that a big town?"
Me- "............Uh........sure..."

Gotta love the classic Idaho/Iowa confusion. Didn't even bother correcting her.

Not much to say about it, except that the highlight of my week was FRIDAY when it was 11/11/11. I went to bed at 6pm 11/10/12 and set my alarm for 11:59 pm to wake up JUST IN TIME for 11/11/11 so I didn't miss ONE second. I spent the wee hours of the morning watching The Office, updating my blog, painting my finger nails, packing, talking to my friends that called/texted me because it was 11/11, and going on a run (don't worry, right around campus, not around the sketch neighborhood). Then it was off to Chicago for the weekend where I got to see Haley, Gracie, and Meggie (3 other LCs). Since I switched from EST to Central Time in Chicago, I got an extra hour of 11/11/11. Couldnt have planned it better!!!! It was DEFINITELY a SUCCESSFUL 11.11.11. 

Main street on the Trinity Campus

Mess of trees down in the backyard!

What is a Bantam?!

More trees down on campus

Chapel on campus, SO pretty!

Made me think of the Fuller family :)

These trees on their central campus area make a cross shape around the statue of the guy in the center. Sadly, some of these key trees fell in the storm

Exhibit A

Front of the chapel

1:11 am on 11/11/11! (and the Office in the background)

House I stayed in for the week. Our neighbors liked to blare John Mayer at all hours of the day/night.

Entrance to the college...aka safe haven.

Anddd... this is about all of campus.

11:11 am 11/11/11!!! On the way to the airport. The girl driving me thought i was crazy.

Gracie and Haley with our giant omelet that we split 3 ways at Eggsperience in Chicago.. or whatever this place was called. Opened 24/7! (Notice Haley sporting the ISU shirt.. I was wearing Gracie's Michigan State t shirt because they were playing Iowa)

4 LCs reunited on 11/11/11.. Close to 11:11 pm :)

11/11/11 love--
Allison