What a Wonderful World

Dear Readers,

This weather is crazy. I can not believe how warm it has been, I have seen students running around campus in everything from shorts and a t-shirt to big winter coats on the same day. I mean I'm not complaining or anything just thought I would let you know what warm weather at an unsuspected time does to college students.

Besides the crazy weather and etc,campus for the most part has still been very active. From all of the basketball games and wrestling matches, to the wide array of guest speakers appearing on campus, and the on campus entertainment provided by our Student Activities Committee, these things have overall in my opinion added to the excitement and liveliness of campus as of lately.

Other then that, the residence hall that I live in (Douglas Hall) has just been given a piano as a new addition to our lobby. Even though I do not really know how to play the piano I have still found myself hammering away at some keys for pure entertainment for myself and the not so lucky students in the lobby at the time.

The cooking rotation with me and some of my buddies have still been taking place. Just yesterday I prepared about 10 big bacon cheese burgers with some homemade barbeque sauce that I spent a hour mastering. For the most part I would say dinner was a success. It didn't take that long for the grocery shopping just walked down to the local hy-vee with my buddy Joel to pick up some stuff. That is one of the perks of going to Coe and living in Cedar Rapids, you never really have to go to far to get to the things you need, I really like that.

This past week for me has been pretty fun filled, from cleaning my room ( which is an uncompleted task and not really fun, to spending time working out with some friends at one of our two main workout complexes ( Eby Field house and Clark Racquet Center), to even just sitting back in the sauna for a bit and sharing conversation. There has been so many out of the box things to do which is always nice if you want to try something different.

I think my buddy Joel may be next in the group rotation for cooking, if so I will try to take some pictures so we can see if this guy can really cook.

Thank you for your time,
Charles E. Cotton III