Midwestern Charm at 6:56 PM

Before I start, let me just say this: I have no problem with the city of Muncie, IN. I've never even been there, but from what I hear, it seems like a nice college town (Ball State--where Letterman went to school even). In most college towns, there's invariably at least a serviceably-sized group of people who can be considered normal. Now, having said that, I met a group of people from Muncie yesterday, and all I could say was, "wow". Let me explain. I work at a plasma donation center in Kokomo. We're a newer center, and we have the newest stuff as far as the company is concerned. In Muncie, there's another center that isn't quite so updated. They're in the process of converting to the way we do things. So yesterday, a group of them came up to our location so that we could show them the ropes. I was not expecting what walked through the door. If "Dueling Banjos" had started playing, I wouldn't have been a bit surprised. Had one of them told me I had a pretty mouth, I would have run for my life. That's all I'm saying. Seriously. It wasn't even that they were ugly, per se. I can handle a group of ugly people. It was like if you've ever driven through a small town and seen a guy sitting on an empty beer keg next to a car with no wheels on it, it was six of that guy. But some of them in the female form. Now before you go and call me a jerk, like my wife just did, I must say that I am mostly kidding. There was really only one of them that put me on edge. But the rest of the group was unremarkable enough as to not cancel that person out. What I mean is that it would have taken Halle Berry walking into the room for me to not make the preceding observation.

I haven't posted in a few days due to a few things. The first thing is that I've been busy shooting, maiming, and blowing up my friend Dylan. This has all been in fun, of course, as we have been playing Halo 2 online. Yes, make fun of me if you will, but this game is fun (the subject of adults playing video games is a subject for another day, so I will save it as such). Also, I've been working the early shift this week (6am-2pm), and I stayed up late on Monday night to watch the Eagles put a hurtin' on the Cowboys. When I stay up too late one night during my early week, it really throws me off. I was really tired yesterday, so I came home and took a nap. When I woke up I thought it was Wednesday, and my mind still thinks it's a day later than it is. I've also been suckered into going shopping a couple of times, seeing as how I've been in a semi-conscious stupor for a couple of days. Now I'm better for the most part, other than the skipping a day thing.

On a final note, the wife and I will be traveling to Delaware on Saturday for the week of Thanksgiving. It'll be nice to have a vacation for a while. At the same time, we're going for 10 days, and I'm sure we'll be ready to come home when it's time. My family and my wife's family both live within 20 minutes of each other, and so we'll be doing lots of visiting. Not that I don't like visiting the family and all. It's just an adjustment having to not live with just the wife for a while. When we go out there, we stay with her parents. That's cool with me, because I like my in-laws quite a bit. At the same time, they're very different from my family. We're all rather large, loud, and obnoxious. While I wouldn't go as far as to call my in-laws quiet and reserved, I'd say that most people are indeed quiet and reserved when compared to my family. There's also the issue of animals. I love pets. My parents have 3 dogs, and I think that's the best thing in the world. If a dog were ever to set foot in my mother-in-law's house, her head would probably explode. The only reason I say that is because she would be thinking of all the cleaning she would have to do in order to eradicate any trace of an animal in the house. (I wonder if they'll come to visit when we get a dog.)

Well, I had more interesting things to say, but I've forgotten all of them. My posts will get better, I promise. I just have to get into a rhythm here. Maybe I'll get some good material at home. Until next time, tell your wife you love her.