I think I may have discovered the biggest difference between Marquette and Reese.
First of all, we're back safe & sound after a long weekend visiting Loraine's dad. As usually happens when we're down there we may have eaten a bit too much and we may have visited the local Aldi store a bit too much (seriously, Aldi, what DO you have against Marquette?) but a good time was had by all.
And that's the important thing.
Because we eat too much while we're down there we do try to keep up our exercise routine, and it's while I was running Saturday morning that I realized what might be the biggest difference between Marquette and Reese. I think I've written about a few of them in here before—one has over 20,000 people, the other less than 2,000. One's very blue, the other quite red. One has a big hospital, while the other has a big grain elevator.
But the biggest difference between the two led to the discovery I made while running Saturday. As I always do while exercising I was listening to music and, as I always do, I was singing along (don't judge). Unlike singing while running in Marquette, I was actually able to sing along without sounding winded because, while Marquette has hills and curves and slopes, Reese is flat. As a pancake. As a sheet of paper. As a two dimensional line.
As my singing.
Okay; that's a different kind of flat, but you get the idea. I've written in here before about how Loraine's used the phrase “The Awesome Flatness of Reese” before, but being able to sing along with whatever I was listening to without being short of breath really brought it home. It's hard work running in Marquette. In Reese, it's a walk (or, more technically, a run) through the park.
And it's yet another in the long string of differences between the two places.
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To answer two burning questions that I wanted answered, the produce stand is up in Reese, although there was no produce to be had. However, if you needed a blooming plant, they were there--
And speaking of blooming plants, here's what I came home to yesterday--
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be busy for the next few days...
8-)
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