Happy 2/14 Everybody

Dear Readers,

Life has been well. Classes have continued to be enjoyable and I am pretty sure this is the first semester where I have absolutely loved every single one of my classes. This past week was full of activities and so are the days ahead, on Tuesday I went out to lunch with a boss and Fraternity Brother Justin Nylin. We decided to go to the flying weenie which is a small little hotdog restaurant located in downtown Cedar Rapids not to far from Coe. I always enjoy trips there for some reason, I don't know if it is because of the people I am with or the wonderful little bright yellow airplane located on the roof that stretches over the parking lot just a bit but either way I always seem to have a good time there.

I was also privileged enough to be able to attend the English Senior Thesis Seminar
that took place on Tuesday where I got to here a few students prep the large crowd on what they should be looking forward to in the next few weeks. The nice thing about this event is I got to see two of my past professors who retired, both in which manage to still come out and support the students.

On Wednesday I found out that residents of Cedar Rapids have the opportunity to participate in one ride-a-long with the Cedar Rapids Police Department so i decided to take the city up on this offer and within the next couple of weeks I will be riding shot gun with one of Cedar Rapids finest(I am looking forward to this a lot!)

Thursday was another fun filled lunch trip, I got to go with a few of my bosses and a computer science professor out to lunch at the Great Dragon which is another nice restaurant located in downtown Cedar Rapids.The nice thing about the Great Dragon is it is all you can eat and located right next door to another one of my favoirtes Taj Mahal. We had a good time and stuffed our bellies which then caused me to take a nice 2 hour nap afterwards while everyone else had to go to work (I feel sorry for those guys).

Also on Thursday a good buddy of mine, John Sherrod who graduated from Coe last year and is now in Law School at Marquette University came to visit for the weekend which was a swell time to say the least.

Friday was another Coe College tradition,President's Ball, this started when our current President, Jim Phifer was entering and has continued ever since. Pres ball as it is called for short is always held second semester on campus and is a very formal event, I would even say it is more formal then our annual homecoming dance. A lot of student come out to this and overall I would say I had a great time.

For the most part I spent the rest of my weekend just hanging out and doing some cooking. Oh, and also finishing up some homework, however look forward to some updates on another fun filled week.

Once again happy 2/14 and thank you for your time,
Charles E. Cotton III