Hello Everyone! Welcome to my first attempt at a blog. I'm hoping to shed a little insight into my life on the road as a consultant for Beta Theta Pi.

I'll start off with a little introduction about myself. My name is Travis Fischer and I am a Senior Leadership Consultant for Beta Theta Pi. I advise 14 chapters and 1 colony in the northeast of the United States and southeast of the providence of Ontario. I graduated from the University of Minnesota in May of 2005 with a B.S. in Human Resource Development. I grew up in the beautiful foothills of the Ozark Mountains in Southwest Missouri (Lebanon, MO). When I was 15 I moved to the Kansas City, Missouri metropolitan area and graduated from Blue Springs High School. I am now starting my second year traveling for Beta Theta Pi and I am very excited to be on the road for a second year.

Today was my official first day on the road for year two. I left my sweet new apartment in Oxford, Ohio at 7:45am this morning and started my journey to Bethany, WV for my first visit with one of our newest colonies at Bethany College. As I drove on I-70 across Ohio, I was pleasantly reminded of how theraputic the long drives can be. It is a great opportunity to clear you mind OR to fill it with all kinds of ideas. I'm not sure where I land on the spectrum--but I think that I land somewhere in the middle. I usually use a long drive to get really pumped up for my next visit--as was the case today. It was great pulling into Bethany today. The chapter house is beautiful. The founding fathers have finally moved in, there is new carpeting, shades, furniture, and it feels like a home. I was greated with the Beta grip by my Psi colony brothers whom I spent almost 12 weeks with this spring. It truly is great to be back!

Today's drive also gave me a chance to think about my graduate school applications and all the requirements they want submited--I'm surprised they don't need a blood sample. I spent almost two days this week working on applications, essays, personal statements, and ordering transcripts. And what do I have to show for it? Not much, but I'm getting there.

I had dinner from a Greek restaurant that one of the Psi brother's parents own. It was so good. I love Greek food. I got settled into on of the vacant rooms and spent some time catching up with the brothers. They are such a eclectic group of men. I couldn't help but think that if it wasn't for Beta Theta Pi these men may have never come together in friendship. To me it was a perfect example of why the concept of fraternity is so awesome.

After dinner I drove to Washington, PA (where I am now) at a Starbucks. I needed access to the internet and cell phone service. On the way over I stopped to fill up for gas..yeah it was $2.46 in Oxford this morning....I just filled up for $2.78. I however was pleasantly surprised to find that I got 40 mpg on my way here! (I have a new goal this year to actually drive the speed limit because of the amount of money you save on gas.)

Well, I am going to prepare for my day of meetings tomorrow. Hopefully I will get everything done before Starbucks closes at 11pm!