Well once again it has been several weeks since I have updated the blog and I apologize. This has really been my first full weekend and more than a day at home since my last post, so can you blame me for not spending the little time I did have at home on the computer and with Timmy instead? It is hard to believe that August is already here, but what an exciting and busy last few weeks of July we have had.
When I last posted I was off to IFI in Indiana for a week, and while the trip got a little long it was really amazing. Part of the program is breaking up into small dot groups for the week, so I was a member of the Green Dot Group and had a wonderful time getting to know my fellow colleagues on campuses and at HQ's around the country and having some great conversations about the fraternal movement and where we still need to go. I also had a chance to catch the newest Harry Potter with my fellow Green Dotters while I was gone which was also an added bonus to the trip. I learned a lot and made some great new connections in the field and am glad that I went to IFI this summer!
The Green Dot Group at IFI
After a few days back at work after IFI I spent last weekend facilitating at Pi Kapp College, a summer leadership program held by Pi Kappa Phi for some of their chapter officers. Since the fraternity was founded at College of Charleston they had the program there and I was lucky to be invited to help out but also not to have to travel for it. Again, it was great to be involved interfraternally and I also got "Voluntold" that I was going to be a tour guide for the groups tour around campus and the city. I was a little nervous at first about this since I had only been in Charleston for a few weeks at that point, but luckily they gave me the landmarks and talking points and I was able to find my way to them all, and now am full of some great Pi Kapp knowledge of the city of Charleston and campus!
After a brief 14 hour trip back to Columbia to do laundry and repack following Pi Kapp College I was back down to Charleston for another week of work. However, the most exciting part about last week was that Timmy and I became an uncle and aunt for the third time. That is right, Benjamin Arthur was born at 12:23a.m. on Tuesday, July 28. You can check out some picture below, I know I am probably a little bias but I think he may possibly be one of the cutest babies ever! Timmy and I are thrilled for MK and Jonathan and decided to fly up to MD next weekend to visit them and to meet Baby Ben, so hopefully there will be many more pictures to come of him!
Finally, on the moving front, after lots of paint samples and lots of debating I think Timmy and I have finally picked out paint for all the rooms in our new place, now we can start getting estimates from some paint companies down there. We have our pre-drywall walk through tomorrow morning at the new place, the frame, windows, and roof are all done so we are looking forward to taking some pictures and actually seeing some of the place tomorrow. We are getting excited that we will be moving in less than 2 months.
So that is the quick update on our end, life is crazy but good. Work is going great for both of us right now and we are just slowly but surely getting things done for the move. We are very excited about our little vacation up to MD next weekend and will post more about that when we get back.
