Colleges and Friends

I attended 3 different colleges in the city of Grand Rapids. It took me a total of 5 years of school to finish, but it really took 6 years since I took a year off in between colleges. The first college I went to was Grand Rapids Community College, and the year after that I attended Aquinas College. I pretty much chose this college because my dad graduated from there, and they were trying to build up their cross country and track programs so I decided to run there. It wasn't because I knew what I wanted to do or anything like that. I just wanted to race again. Well, I met Brian there, and Travis and I met up with him today. Brian is a world traveler, so it's always exciting when we're in the same place at the same time. He races bikes, or I should say, is a cyclist, and just accepted a coaching position at a college in North Carolina. He is racing in Rockford tomorrow and will most likely win the race. Crazy! After going to Aquinas, which I loved, I made the difficult decision to take a year off of school and figure out what I wanted to do with my life. Have I found that answer yet?

We met up with Karen and Juanito and their kids Houston, Katrina, and Zane again this morning. I bought doughnuts from Sandy's, one of the best home-town places, besides Marge's Donut Den. Anyway, we ate with them and played with the kids again. Houston brought his globe out and we showed him where we were going to be for the next three months, and he asked Karen when they were going there. Aaawww! He wants to come visit us! He's come to St. Louis two times so I think he just assumed he was going to come to our new place too. Well, maybe he will some day. :)