What Mug Are You Using Today?

[ChickyCh00k]

Good luck with the final stretch of grad school and the intern position! My son attended grad school at UM in Ann Arbor, it's a great town, you should enjoy it.

Thank you! Yes, Ann Arbor is very cool - the traffic and parking, not so much . I worked at UM Hospital 18 years ago, and I'm definitely not looking forward to that commute (for my internship, I think I'm going to have to park off site and ride a bus to the VA . I already have severe anxiety about this .)

What did your son major in?

 

[N F C]

Thank you! Yes, Ann Arbor is very cool - the traffic and parking, not so much . I worked at UM Hospital 18 years ago, and I'm definitely not looking forward to that commute (for my internship, I think I'm going to have to park off site and ride a bus to the VA . I already have severe anxiety about this .)

What did your son major in?

You'll be fine (but new stuff can be scary)! How far will your commute be?

My son got his PhD in ecology & evolutionary biology. He was fortunate in living close to his part of the university and could ride his bike (or take the bus when the weather was bad).

 

[ChickyCh00k]

You'll be fine (but new stuff can be scary)! How far will your commute be?

My son got his PhD in ecology & evolutionary biology. He was fortunate in living close to his part of the university and could ride his bike (or take the bus when the weather was bad).

That's so cool! And good for him - that's a whole a lot of schoolin'!

I'm about 25 miles to downtown Ann Arbor, which doesn't seem bad at all - when there's no traffic, it takes me less than 30 min. However, when you add in the never-ending construction and the massive number of commuters flooding into (and out of) the area at certain times of the day, it could easily take me an hour + to drive to AA, find parking, and either walk or wait for a bus.

 

[Grannys Backyard Chicks]

Good luck on your internship!! Love your mug!!
My favorite big red Fiesta cup.
It's special.
My daughter lives several states away and this cup always makes me feel like I'm sharing a cup of coffee with her.
We got matching cups on a shopping trip many years ago. I love Fiesta and she chose Red.
Thanks to all of you for sharing your mugs and stories.

 

[ChickyCh00k]

Good luck on your internship!! Love your mug!!

Thank you!

My daughter lives several states away and this cup always makes me feel like I'm sharing a cup of coffee with her.
We got matching cups on a shopping trip many years ago. I love Fiesta and she chose Red.

I really like that mug! It's a beautiful shade of red - nice and big too! It's also really special that you share that memory with your daughter!

 

[fowltemptress]

Good luck on your internship!! Love your mug!!
My favorite big red Fiesta cup.
It's special.
My daughter lives several states away and this cup always makes me feel like I'm sharing a cup of coffee with her.
We got matching cups on a shopping trip many years ago. I love Fiesta and she chose Red.
Thanks to all of you for sharing your mugs and stories. View attachment 3901694

I love it, It's such a happy, vibrant mug! I moved several states away from my mother and I miss her, so your story hits my heartstrings.

 

[janiedoe]

Good luck on your internship!! Love your mug!!
My favorite big red Fiesta cup.
It's special.
My daughter lives several states away and this cup always makes me feel like I'm sharing a cup of coffee with her.
We got matching cups on a shopping trip many years ago. I love Fiesta and she chose Red.
Thanks to all of you for sharing your mugs and stories. View attachment 3901694

I love it! With the percolator in the background, and the light wood and dark paint, you've created the perfect picture. You should frame that.

 

[N F C]

Good luck on your internship!! Love your mug!!
My favorite big red Fiesta cup.
It's special.
My daughter lives several states away and this cup always makes me feel like I'm sharing a cup of coffee with her.
We got matching cups on a shopping trip many years ago. I love Fiesta and she chose Red.
Thanks to all of you for sharing your mugs and stories. View attachment 3901694

Love how you and your daughter can share a cup of coffee with the same mugs Fiestaware is so pretty and colorful!

 

[fowltemptress]

Morning! This mug comes from my first trip to meet my future in-laws. We decided to do a road trip, camping on our way up. We camped on Lake Michigan before crossing the Mackinac Bridge the next morning. Seeing a lake that from my perspective might as well have been an ocean was mind blowing, and never in my life did I think crossing a bridge would ever be a highlight of a trip, but it was amazing. The entire time my husband was describing growing up and driving miles out onto the ice in winter. At that point in my life I had never experienced any amount of ice forming on a body of water. Any part of the world having the ability to get that cold was such a foreign concept to me. Also, at that time it was June, and I was woefully unprepared for Michigan in June. I'd packed shorts and t-shirts, and wound up having to borrow someone's coat for the entire trip. I was fully acclimated to the 100 degree summers of Texas at that point, so I was pretty miserably cold that entire trip, and was roundly teased (in a nice way) about it and my Texas accent. I also remember seeing a lot of signs advertising pasties in the UP, and it caused one of many embarrassing moments with the in-laws when I mentioned to my husband's mother that I was surprised stores weren't more discreet about their x-rated merchandise. Up until that moment, I had no idea the word pasties could also mean hand pies!

Our trip back down took us through Kentucky, and we camped in Mammoth Cave National Park, where naturally we also went on a cave tour. It was massive! I'd never been to a cave with so few cave formations. It almost felt man made, in a way. I wish we'd had more time to hike the camp trails, but we were in a rush at that point and were lucky we had time for the cave tour - and a quick stop to buy a mug, of course!

 

[gimmie birdies]

I like trip mugs, and also I have some chicken mugs I like. We like mugs to be regular sized though. Not comically huge.