Darwin and Sienna

Yesterday, Darwin took me to Adrian. Such a romantic getaway!

Actually, one of the people in his office was having a party, and she lives in Adrian. It's a LONG drive--90 minutes each way. (Darwin later admitted that if he'd realized how long the drive was going to be, he probably would have turned the invitation down.) But we bundled ourselves into the car and headed out!

The weather started off awful--thunderstorms and cloud bursts. But then it suddenly cleared and turned sunny and warm but not too hot. And not humid. A perfect Michigan summer day!

The party house was out in the country and I only knew a couple of people, including the guest of honor. So the party was a lot of standing around making conversation with strangers. But they were very nice people, and there was cake.

Afterward, Darwin wanted to stop at Sienna Heights University, his alma mater, and which he hadn't visited for nearly 30 years. This sounded interesting to me--walking through the places where Baby Darwin was first entering the adult world.

It was a great deal of fun. The university was closed for the summer, but (as I learned from my time at Seton Hill University) Catholic schools never lock anything, and security is nonexistent. We were able to get into nearly everything we wanted. Darwin was able to get into his old dorm room and the dining hall and the academic halls. In one big, echoing chamber is a statue everyone calls "Touchdown Jesus" because of the gesture he's making:




It was fun to see all these places and watch Darwin re-see them through the eyes of a full adult.  When you're 18, you don't often look at the details of the places around you and figure out what they mean.  Darwin learned a number of things about Sienna now that he could see it as an adult, and it was fun to share that with him.

We got some lunch, and then drove home on the route Darwin used to drive when he was young.  More memory lane for him.  It was a perfect day for driving, with the sunny, warm air rushing through the car windows.  At one point, I saw a sign for eggs and made Darwin stop.  I bought two dozen eggs that had been laid only that morning.  Nice!

And we finally arrived back home.  It was a fine day.




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