Michele is off to Israel–she’s on the plane as we speak (a few hours out of Tel Aviv by now, if her flight kept on schedule). While the part of Israel in which she’ll be spending most of her time is relatively safe, your prayers for her safety are much appreciated. I’ll post periodic updates from her as I receive them.

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I can’t even begin to imagine the negative cosmic karma posting this is going to rack up for me…
…but I made it all the way through this last winter without taking the Fall.
I figure there’s no snow or ice around anymore, so it’s safe to mock Fate now.
Looks like I outwitted Old Man Winter this time around. You hear me, Michigan Winter? I’m down here laughing at you! You managed to kill just about everyone else, but… you keep missing the target!*
* bonus points for identifying that movie quote. If you know my movie-quoting habits, there’s really only about three movies to choose from.

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We just got back from a brief vacation into the wilds of the Midwest. Much fun was had all around. Most importantly, Michele has already written up a good vacation summary, so I don’t have to. I will definitely be posting a bit about some of the observations I had in the course of our grand road trip, though, so you have that to look forward to.
It’s great to be back in Michigan, which now that I think of it is sort of like Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana, except that it has more trees.

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Long time, no post, as they say. It’s been a moderately eventful month for us. The biggest piece of news to emerge over the last few weeks is that Michele is heading over to Israel for seven weeks this summer to do archaeology work at the Ashkelon site. This news is one of those difficult things that I know inside is a wonderful opportunity for her, but which I’m nevertheless having a hard time getting excited about–seven weeks will be a long time! Assuming that Michele has Internet access there, I hope you’ll all join me in emailing and otherwise writing to her during her stay. And while I distinctly remember rolling my eyes in exasperation at parental safety/terrorist/bombing concerns over my own trips to Jordan several years ago, suddenly those concerns seem a lot more serious now that it’s my wife who’s heading over there.
Still, her departure is a full month away at the moment, which means we’ve got plenty of time to enjoy this beautiful springtime before she leaves. In a few weeks, we’re even taking a one-year-anniversary vacation, spending a few days in a cabin at the park where we got married. Isn’t that romantic?
And aren’t you glad you waited almost an entire month for a new post from me, and were rewarded for your patience with three paragraphs of lovesick whining?

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Michele is in Chicago all week taking her comprehensive exams! Five days of exams… sounds pretty hellish to me. I’m working on another RPG editing project at home this week, so I’ll be holding down the fort alone and looking forward to Michele’s return.
Michele, my beautiful wife–I love you and am praying for you.

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