Back in Wichita!

Back in Wichita!

Hey all,

Writing a quick post to announce the reopening of my main blog!

After our London trip and the dismal failure of our London blog I figured it was time to fire this one back up since the beginning of the school year is on the horizon.

Today I officially moved out of my Dad's house for the last time. The next time I have to move off campus it will be to move in with my wife! I'm really excited. I'm pretty sure my dad doesn't feel the same way and I have to admit itt is a bit melancholy but that's ok.

We got back from London 6 days ago and I am really glad to be back. Summer band starts tomorrow morning and I have a Kappa Kappa Psi meeting here in a little bit so that's why I'm cutting this short.

Watch this space for more info. I'll be talking about the new drumline, marching season, classes, and generally whatever is going on in my life at the time.

As always feel free to leave some comments if you have any follow-up questions or whatever.

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Spirit Days

Spirit Days

Oh man....

I have a love/hate relationship with this 3-part festival that is MSU Spirit Days.

For those unaware Spirit Days is basically the same thing as orientation for incoming freshman. There are cheesy activities and you get to spend the night on campus the 1st night and then hear from different lecturers (Financial Aid, Registrar, Career Management, etc) before checking out the different student organizations and finally seeing your advisor and registering for classes.

As an Honors Program student and the HP Student Assistant I don't have to but it is strongly encouraged that I come to campus at 7:30 am the 2nd day of Spirit Days for the Honors Program Breakfast where we serve little pastries and drinks to students/parents and answer any questions they have about our program.

This is all well and good except for the fact that I then have nothing to do until the organization fair at noon. Therefore I sat here in the food court for a few hours watching Hulu and different people walk by for a while.

After the fair I'm going to go to work and listen to 3 interviews for the person that is going to become my new boss. Whoopee.

Don't get me wrong as someone who went through spirit days I thought it was really good and I was glad to get the opportunity to experience the campus before I moved in. It isn't so fun for the students who now have to run around and cater to these new freshmen.

That is my little rant of the morning.

On a positive note, it rained this morning and should do so again this afternoon. That's always nice.

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