A Festivus Miracle

While celebrating with the family in Evansville, Rob and Cousin Kevin somehow managed to recover the data from my defunct hard drive. A Festivus Miracle! My emails, photos, dissertation data, and feminist manifesto have all been restored.

Seeing Rob's grandparents and aunts and uncles was great. The weirdest thing about this visit home is how un-weird it all feels. I was expecting to feel more out of place in the frigid midwestern US after being in Nicaragua for 4-1/2 months, but it feels surprisingly like I have never left.

Here are some photos of the fam:




Christmas cheer






Playing the Wheel of Fortune game that Rob's parents made up for Grandpa and Grandma B.


Grandma's big winnings after hitting "Bankrupt" so many times