On Monday August 21, 1995, I started college at what was then known as the University of Missouri – Rolla (UMR), now referred to as Missouri University of Science and Technology (MST). If I recall correctly I started at 7:30am with an Algebra/Trig class designed to speed freshmen into the math program if you didn’t test out of the class. Even though I had taken Calculus in High School I wasn’t successful at testing out. Today, May 14, 2011, I am done with college, not done in as I am not going anymore (I leave that option open) but done in as I have a college degree. Before I talk about that here are some stats.

So I haven't exercised much in the past 2, almost 3 weeks, but this week I started getting prepared for the 100th St. Pat's celebration down in Rolla. https://stpats.mst.edu/ St. Pat's is a big thing down at UMR (MST/MSM) and this year is the 100th anniversary, so everyone has been planning for a big party for quite some time. I booked my hotel reservation almost a year ago, as did quite a few of my fellow fraternity brothers who will be heading down for the festivities. (www.alphadeltazeta.org) How big is St. Pat's down there? Well they have a parade, and the school is closed the Thursday and Friday of St. Pat's week, and this year they have 311 playing! How have I started prepping? Well unknowingly I started drinking more to get ready! Saturday night, 1 margarita at dinner. Sunday night 1 jack and diet coke. Tonight, 2 jack and diet-cokes, tomorrow? 3! Friday the 14th we're heading down, the 15th is the big celebration, and also my 31st birthday. Sunday we'll recover and drive home.

Yesterday afternoon a few of my fraternity brothers and I took a roadtrip down to Rolla. We had to go give one of our fraternity brothers our best, and have a few beers with him. Mike is headed to Iraq on Friday morning to work there for 4 months training soldiers on a new weapons system. Best of luck to you Mike, give them hell and have a safe trip, we'll be drinking with you when you get...