Greetings from London, Ontario!
Well, it is just a lovely, rainy cold day here in the great Providence of Ontario. I am finally feeling better after getting sick earlier this week. I got sick on Monday when I was at Bethany. I was supposed to stay in Bethany on their lovely couch on Monday night, but I wrapped up my meetings early and headed to a hotel room just North of Pittsburgh. Tuesday was great as I had an 8 hour drive. The drive to London was bad enough on its own, but then add a fever, coughing, and sore throat on top of it and you've got the ingredients for misery.
Although, I was still sick yesterday I had a full plate of meetings yesterday with my boys at Western Ontario. I have to say it was a great day. There are a few key officers that really "excite" me. The chapter may not be doing all that well, but they keep me hopeful that change is on the way.
I have a meeting this afternoon with Mandy D'Arcy. She is the Pledge Education Advisor for Western Ontario. Once I am done meeting with her, I will drive 8 hours NE to the great city of Ottawa. It will probably be a late night for me. I will be attending the Carleton chapter's 15th Anniversary banquet on Saturday. After that is over, I will be heading back down to Oxford. I have opted to depart on Sunday morning...because it is a 16 hour drive home. Ahhh...that mileage reimbursement check is going to be so great in a week!
Well I fly home to Kansas City next Wednesday! My flight leaves bright and early at 7:15am from Indianapolis. That's the price you pay for cheap flights! Then I will head down to New Orleans from Kansas City for the annual AFA (Association of Fraternity Advisor) Convention. I am so pumped to be going down the the Big Easy. This will be my first time in New Orleans.
No snow in Canada yet, but I have a feeling I will be running into it up in Ottawa....I'll keep you posted!
-T
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Greetings from Washington, PA!
Well, I made the 8 hour track down from Syracuse. What a great way to spend your day off, huh? :) I finished with the Colgate chapter at about 10pm last night and headed to Syracuse where I had a hotel room. Before I headed to Syracuse I had to make a pit stop at Turning Stone Casino. I stopped there last year and wanted to play some video poker. Once I got my players card I sat down at one of the video poker games. I decided that I would allow an expenditure of $40 on my part. After I lost that I would leave. Well wouldn't you know it...ten minutes after starting I was down to $4. I figured I would try and stretch my time at the casino by switching to the "1" credit bet versus the "Max Credit" bets I had been doing. I hit a few good hands and was up to $7. So I decided to switch back over to the "Max Credit" bets again, just for the hell of it. Before long I was back down to $4 again. SO I hit the deal button again and all of a sudden I looked at my screen. I hit A A A 2 A. In poker terms that meant 2000 credits which equated to $500. Woo hoo! So I quickly grabbed my player card...did my "victory" dance over to the cashier, and felt the "oh-so" sweet feeling of having 5 crisp $100 bills in my pocket. It was hard to walk out of there..but I knew that it was a wise choice. So in 20 minutes I gained $500--I wish I got paid that well at work.
It rained all day today. I am starting to dread the long drives. I drove 8 hours today. I will drive another 8 hours on Monday.......another 8 hours on Thursday.....and then 15 hours next weekend. In 7 days I am going to put 2,000 miles on my car! Well I know exactly where my poker winnings are going to--new tires!
All right peeps......I need to head out. Just wanted to share with you my gambling success story! I'll touch base in Canada next week.
-T
Well, I made the 8 hour track down from Syracuse. What a great way to spend your day off, huh? :) I finished with the Colgate chapter at about 10pm last night and headed to Syracuse where I had a hotel room. Before I headed to Syracuse I had to make a pit stop at Turning Stone Casino. I stopped there last year and wanted to play some video poker. Once I got my players card I sat down at one of the video poker games. I decided that I would allow an expenditure of $40 on my part. After I lost that I would leave. Well wouldn't you know it...ten minutes after starting I was down to $4. I figured I would try and stretch my time at the casino by switching to the "1" credit bet versus the "Max Credit" bets I had been doing. I hit a few good hands and was up to $7. So I decided to switch back over to the "Max Credit" bets again, just for the hell of it. Before long I was back down to $4 again. SO I hit the deal button again and all of a sudden I looked at my screen. I hit A A A 2 A. In poker terms that meant 2000 credits which equated to $500. Woo hoo! So I quickly grabbed my player card...did my "victory" dance over to the cashier, and felt the "oh-so" sweet feeling of having 5 crisp $100 bills in my pocket. It was hard to walk out of there..but I knew that it was a wise choice. So in 20 minutes I gained $500--I wish I got paid that well at work.
It rained all day today. I am starting to dread the long drives. I drove 8 hours today. I will drive another 8 hours on Monday.......another 8 hours on Thursday.....and then 15 hours next weekend. In 7 days I am going to put 2,000 miles on my car! Well I know exactly where my poker winnings are going to--new tires!
All right peeps......I need to head out. Just wanted to share with you my gambling success story! I'll touch base in Canada next week.
-T
Friday, November 10, 2006
Greetings from Ithaca, NY!
Happy Veterans Day!
Well this week just flew by. I was up in Hamilton on Tuesday and Wednesday, and then I drove down to Ithaca yesterday. I will be leaving Ithaca this afternoon and heading back up to Hamilton to help them with the chapter's initiation ceremony. Tonight I am staying in Syracuse and then I will be driving 8 hours tomorrow down to good 'ol West Virginia.
The weather has been awesome lately, but I saw that Canada is getting snow--so I may have my first interaction with snow next week when I head up there.
No big news here...just trying to make it through my last week of travel for the semester, which I know I will do :).
I hope all is going well for everyone in your neck of the woods!
-T
Happy Veterans Day!
Well this week just flew by. I was up in Hamilton on Tuesday and Wednesday, and then I drove down to Ithaca yesterday. I will be leaving Ithaca this afternoon and heading back up to Hamilton to help them with the chapter's initiation ceremony. Tonight I am staying in Syracuse and then I will be driving 8 hours tomorrow down to good 'ol West Virginia.
The weather has been awesome lately, but I saw that Canada is getting snow--so I may have my first interaction with snow next week when I head up there.
No big news here...just trying to make it through my last week of travel for the semester, which I know I will do :).
I hope all is going well for everyone in your neck of the woods!
-T
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Greetings from Hamilton, NY!
Wow! Has it really been over a week since I posted a message on here? ...sorry. Well, let me do an update.
I had a great week back home in Oxford. I celebrated my 24th birthday with my fraternity family in Oxford. It was a very refreshing week. I also had my interview with Boston University. I felt it went well and I should find out within the next week on my application status.
I had a 13 hour drive on Monday and drove up to my currentl location in Hamilton, NY. Good 'ol Colgate University. It is really the iconic small- New York town that you think. It is nestled in the rolling hills of the finger lakes region. It is decked with historic buildings and of course the white church house in the center of the town. There are about 2000 students that go to this school and an additional 2000 residents of the town. Its very small, but that's part of the charm.
I was up until 2am last night watching the election results come in. Once I saw the results from Missouri roll in I headed to bed. One thing I can say about the state of Missouri is that it is one of those states that you can pretty much always look to to decide which way the country will lean. If the Republicans win Missouri....the country will go red, and vice versa for the democrats. We are living in exciting times! I'm looking forward to seeing what happens during the first 100 days.
Well, I am off to Ithaca tonight to the Cornell chapter. I have to say that a lot of stress has been lifted since getting my Boston application in. I just have the Cornell application left and that is not due until January 1..so I have some time. OOps...I forgot to mention that I got accepted to the University of Minnesota! That was huge for me because now I know that I am going to grad school somewhere!
I am off to Bethany this weekend and then I will spend next week in Canada. Thanks for reading!
-Travis
Wow! Has it really been over a week since I posted a message on here? ...sorry. Well, let me do an update.
I had a great week back home in Oxford. I celebrated my 24th birthday with my fraternity family in Oxford. It was a very refreshing week. I also had my interview with Boston University. I felt it went well and I should find out within the next week on my application status.
I had a 13 hour drive on Monday and drove up to my currentl location in Hamilton, NY. Good 'ol Colgate University. It is really the iconic small- New York town that you think. It is nestled in the rolling hills of the finger lakes region. It is decked with historic buildings and of course the white church house in the center of the town. There are about 2000 students that go to this school and an additional 2000 residents of the town. Its very small, but that's part of the charm.
I was up until 2am last night watching the election results come in. Once I saw the results from Missouri roll in I headed to bed. One thing I can say about the state of Missouri is that it is one of those states that you can pretty much always look to to decide which way the country will lean. If the Republicans win Missouri....the country will go red, and vice versa for the democrats. We are living in exciting times! I'm looking forward to seeing what happens during the first 100 days.
Well, I am off to Ithaca tonight to the Cornell chapter. I have to say that a lot of stress has been lifted since getting my Boston application in. I just have the Cornell application left and that is not due until January 1..so I have some time. OOps...I forgot to mention that I got accepted to the University of Minnesota! That was huge for me because now I know that I am going to grad school somewhere!
I am off to Bethany this weekend and then I will spend next week in Canada. Thanks for reading!
-Travis
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