Radioactivity

Jen and I made it safely home at approximately 5AM, with only slight complication. At the border crossing from Ontario into Michigan I discovered that I am radioactive. Apparently, the US government does not like to let radioactive materials into the country (never you mind that I was just as radioactive when I left the US and entered Canada. I suppose the Canadians welcome such things). So, they pulled us off to the side and we went through a set of tests to determine if it was infact me that was radioactive or if we were smuggling something illegal into the country. No worries, I was the only radioactive substance in the car.

You see, on Thursday I had a bone scan. In a bone scan they inject you with a radioactive dye and then track how rapidly or slowly the dye is absorbed into an injured area. Apparently, it doesn't go away right away. The good news is that the border patrolmen were very considerate and kept reassuring me that I wasn't in trouble (perhaps I looked worried although I was pretty sure they were not going to make me stay in Ontario... once the Canadians found out, they probably wouldn't want me either).

Now I'm home for a little over a week. Plenty of time to enjoy Christmas, grade lots of essays on Tale of Two Cities and tests about European Exploration, and plan what in the world I'm going to teach after break. The festivities begin with a Christmas party in Grand Rapids at the home of Chris Salzman and Keller Davis.

Hopefully the break will also provide more time to actually put some posts of substance on this blog. Hopefully.