ramblings from the road -- day 9

NOTE: Although this post was written on Wednesday, the contents refer solely to the events of Tuesday.

The halfway point! Today was day 9 of my grand tour of the East Coast. I had three high school visits, and they were all pretty darn fruitful. We continue to build a presence in western and central New York.

This afternoon I worked out and got on the phone for a while. Then I went to my parents' house for a great dinner: Mom made grilled chicken with carrots, and a buttery pan bread (e.g. Yorkshire pudding) that is so good. After that, I visited with my friend Christine and her husband and saw their new house for the first time. Everybody is growing up!

Tomorrow I head to Connecticut for the national college fairs in the capital city of Hartford. Back tomorrow!

ramblings from the road -- day 8

Shoot -- I am actually writing this on day 9! Yesterday was a full day with visits and phone calls. We are keeping Alltel in business over here.

My hotel has a really nice fitness center with four treadmills and multiple ellipticals and stationary bikes. It's just an inviting place to work out with new machines and several TVs throughout. I haven't really been staying in locations that are conducive to an outdoor run, so nice fitness centers definitely do the trick.

The most wonderful curly-haired lady took this picture of me from Fiddler on the Roof. Then she was kind enough to find out my email address and send it to me. What a gal!

I'm off for some more high school visits with prospective students -- then home for dinner! Back with more later on!