**Peektures**
I've been slowly trying to "acquire" a taste for wine over the past year or so, and last weekend I was offered an opportunity to expand my wine-tasting horizon! Mike's parents were up in Traverse City to visit, and invited us to spend a weekend in the Leelanau peninsula perusing the vineyards! :) We had beautiful weather and lots of lovely fall colors to enjoy, and wine-country is the best this time of year. You can actually taste the grapes right off the vine, which is a pretty cool experience. We visited a small handful of vineyards and ate a great steak dinner. Sunday morning I had the best waffle ever, right before Sandy and Debbie had to go back to Lansing.
My weekend wasn't all fun and games, despite the wine-tasting and family time. My car starter died on me (or, was on its deathbed per se), so I also had to work on getting that replaced this weekend. I bought a new starter at Autozone, and Mike's roommate Blake, who is a mechanical engineer for the US Coast Guard, was going to put it in for me. After much trial and error, he was able to remove it, only to discover that the new starter I purchased was broken. (head/desk) I was so frustrated I wanted to cry. Mike and I had to drive to Traverse City to buy a second starter, and then return on Sunday to have Blake try again. Yesterday I ended up returning the busted starter, and getting a rebate on my old one. Yep, Autozone made a -$208 on me. :D
School's crappy as usual, but so far my grades are good. And that's enough about that!
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