Life After Connecticut College

....In typical Boston fashion, I bumped into multiple Conn alumni while I was up there (in case you don't know, approximately 43.8% of Boston's population is made up of Conn graduates). The first was Mike Strangfeld '03, who was working the bar at a restaurant called Sasso, which is across from the Pru. We didn't get a chance to chat about the College, but I figured that since he tends bar in downtown Boston he probably meets several dozen alums a day, so I decided not to bother him. The other run-in was with Erin Sullivan '07, with whom I ended up riding the T yesterday morning. She got off one stop ahead of me, and between our respective stations the train ended up getting stuck for over 30 minutes because another train further up the tracks "was having an equipment malfunction" (that's the politically correct term for "accidentally ran over a frat guy"). Should have stuck with my fellow camel and walked the rest of the way!

Despite the delay, I made it back to the hotel in time to quickly pack up, check out, un-valet my car, and hustle back to campus in time for a meeting between President Higdon and the Senior Giving Committee. I was actually a little bit nervous about it because I wanted as many people as possible to be there, and students' schedules are notoriously complex. We ended up having a good group in attendance, and the president gave a great talk about why giving, particular Senior Giving, is so important to the success of the College. One example that he cited that I found particularly powerful was that of an alumna who recently donated $1 million after being so inspired and impressed by the number of people from my class who made a gift as seniors. That only further underscored in my mind the importance of reaching 100% participation this year!

Somehow, regardless of the fact that I slept for almost 12 hours last night, I am still exhausted. I'm blaming my sluggishness on the unprecedented crappiness of the weather in New England over the last few days; on Sunday, there was even simultaneous snow, fog, and lightning, which I'm pretty sure is a sign of the oncoming apocalypse (as opposed to simultaneous stomach tattoos, 40s, and gangsta rapping, which is a sign of the oncoming Tupacalypse). Spring Break is coming up, so if anyone has any warm weather plans that I can tag along with let me know.

That's it for ol' C-Rei! I'll update you guys again after something interesting happens to me (which may not be for a while, since I plan on going to bed at 8:00 again tonight).