Remembering my Family at 172 Manning

Me: Dad, Shawn hit me.

Blake England: Now Shawn, what I did say about hitting you *%!$ing brother?

Shawn: I didn't hit him

Blake: Now, Andrew, what did I tell you about lying — go to your room and no dinner!

Me: But...

Blake: NO BUTS!

Me: Not fair

Blake: Well, when your mom left me; that wasn't fair either...

I could probably keep this dialogue going - it seemed like this was a common scene every day at 172 Manning during my junior year of Hillsdale. While senior year was a blast, I feel like I had some very, very good memories of junior year, especially with Blake, Joel and Shawn.

We made way too many "too soon" comments, over-analyzed too many sporting games and made fun of too many people. Great times.

Our landlords Don and Debby meant well, but we had our share of problems — including the great flood of 2009. I remember getting a text from Joel while in big band rehearsal: "Dude, what's don and debby's phone number, our house is leaking like a siv!" After spending a week and a half in Simpson, we moved back in. And probably inhaled lots of mold.

There isn't much more to this post. I am watching Modern Family (which is hilarious) and it jogged my memory about family about my Hillsdale family. I still receive hilarious "too soon" comments from Blake, and I'm sure I will for a long time. I wouldn't expect any different.