Homecoming

One thing that i think is pretty cool at Coe is our traditional Homecoming week. Sure, it may sound corny and juvenile to get excited about Homecoming when I'm a senior in college, but I don't care, I'm guilty.
Yes, we have a dance and a football game, but my favorite traditions at Coe are neither of these. I absolutely love the men's volleyball and women's powder puff football games. After watching sand volleyball in the Olympics all summer, I was pumped for our first game this fall. I showed up rocking my beach wear (tank top and visor) and some of my friends busted out some old spandex. Our preliminary game was against the freshman class. Needless to say, we may have taken them a little lightly and lost the first game, but got it together and won the next two to move on to the championship (to be played tonight).
While I do love playing volleyball, its not nearly as fun as watching girls play football. My class played last night (against the freshmen, of course). They had been practicing all week and handled them very easily. Even though it is flag football, every year the senior class is notorious for making a few tackles and pulling some hair, which brings me back to the game every year.
Tonight brings the championship games in both volleyball and football, tomorrow is "follies," where different groups will perform various skits and Friday is our bonfire, where we find out who is king.
I'm going to try to take some pictures this week (I hate taking pictures) and post them for you later.

Welcome back!

Welcome back to me! I'm back into the swing of things at Coe, and welcome back to you if you are a blog-reader. My summer wasn't really a classic relaxing summer, so I'm pretty excited to be back at school.

My summer, although not the most fun, kept me really busy. I managed to land an internship with a law firm here in Cedar Rapids (Hallberg, Jacobsen, Johnson and Viner for you locals). I worked every morning doing the bidding of the four criminal defense lawyers. I got to watch court cases, research case law, write letters, observe client interviews and make a lot of coffee. Working at a law firm and seeing the workings of the day-to-day business of the courthouse gave me a lot of insight into the legal field... and perhaps someday maybe a career.

After my mornings at the law firm, I got a couple hour break to eat lunch and work out before it was off to my real job - canvassing for the Iowa Democratic Party. Canvassing basically consists of walking around for four hours every night knocking on potential voter's doors and talking with them about the upcoming election. It wasn't glamorous, and sometimes very humid or rainy, but I believed in the work I was doing, and am glad I got the opportunity.

I had some fun too. I managed to play a little golf, got hired to umpire a few baseball games, rode my bicycle, cheered the Cubs on to victory at Wrigley Field and spent the Fourth of July in Guttenburg, IA on the Mississippi River.

I have decided not to work this semester. I figured I worked enough this summer (and hopefully saved enough money) to just relax and enjoy my senior year. I fully intend to live it up and love every minute of my last year at Coe. I don't think I'll have any problems in this department, and I'll keep you updated.