I think of the 4th as a pretty big family holiday, so I wasn't too keen on being away from home. Luckily, our wonderful professors came through and made it one of the most memorable celebrations I've had in a long time. We started setting up the pavilion behind the dorms around 3pm, and played a wild game of volleyball at 4pm. Once the flames on the grill had died down to a reasonable level, Dr. CK took over the grilling! After eating and chatting for awhile, we changed and headed down to the pool area for some more beach volleyball. These games were a little more intense thanks to our coach, Brandon! Finally, we headed to the pool to get cooled off. Swimming lessons, jokes, and races ensued! It gets dark around 9pm here, so we had a lot of time to kill...We finally drove out to a "safe area" with Dr. CK and Dr. Weirda to set off the fireworks. Thanks to them we had a pretty great show...I'm sure they're a little sore today from all of the running. We had some great fireworks until the mortar-holder-thing finally gave out and shot one completely horizontal. At that point we noticed the HIGH PRESSURE GAS LINE sign and decided to find a new place to set off our Roman Candles. We had a great time, and I can't think of a better way to spend the 4th without my family. Thanks again to our enthusiastic professors for throwing it all together for us!
Today we hit the ground running (or sitting) with class. I've got two great partners to work with for the Intro to Environmental class, and I feel like we'll make a great team.
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