To My Lucky Stars: Thank You!

...And to the deer that was traveling east on route 675 north at 7:45 this morning in Saginaw: if you are reading this you are not only a very technologically savvy deer, but you are also a very lucky deer to boot. My hunch is that you are either dead, dying a slow death, or wondering where that patch of fur and bit of blood went. I can only hope it is the latter, but I fear you were just as unlucky as the two windows of our van. Instead of chide you, though, dear deer; I wish to send you my best wishes and, indeed, kudos. In this modern world of interstates, big white vans and traveling actors, all too often it is the unwitting deer that is struck in its side by the front of a vehicle. But you! Oh, you! Being the brazen fellow that you are, you took it upon yourself to challenge the traditional roles that this stifled society foolishly accepts by throwing yourself against the van. What spender! What significance! I salute you, friend. I would imagine it would be difficult to hit a vehicle moving at sixty miles an hour. But, in a victory that can be claimed by cloven beasts everywhere, you did it! The tables have turned with a vengeance. I will admit that having your fur blow throughout the van and mingle with all of our personal items was a bit of a drag, as was the extreme danger you put all of us in but, hey, you win some, you lose some and I think we can safely say the score today is Deer: 1 Van:0


My jacket, blanket and seatbelt. I was the luckiest girl in Saginaw this morning...

For the record, dearest of deer, we are all perfectly safe thanks in no small part to the wonder that is tempered glass. So, while it did not take us four days to hitchhike from Saginaw we have quite eagerly moved on to other, less wooded parts of America...but not before stopping at the Saginaw Hooters for venison burgers and a toast to you, our newest friend.Oh yeah, and we also went to Chicago. This is when I told Nick and Janelle that I would be performing an interpretive dance at their wedding. Chicago buildings. Not so exciting without mangled deer parts and broken glass.