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"Where in the world is Steve Miller?"

January 29, 2007

Greetings R-Journal Readers!

You might have noticed that my journals have become, well, quite sporadic. Of course, there is a good reason for my lack of updates. No, my life is not entirely boring (mostly boring would probably be the more accurate descriptor). Rather, I’ve been busy. You might think that your high school schedule was busy. I’m sure it is. However, just to put things in a frame of reference, I’ve traveled more than 20,000 miles in the past 45 days. That’s great for my frequent flier account, but not so great for you R-Journal readers. However, as always, I have a plan. Let’s put together a schedule to bring everyone up to speed.

We left off in October. If you are a frequent reader (or a reader at all, given my updating habits), you’ll remember that I had just returned to Rollins after several great days back in New Orleans. I write this journal on the tail end of a Rollins Intersession class trip to New Orleans, so I suppose it brings everything just about full circle. What did you miss in between? Let’s give a few brief summaries (which we will return to in future—the imminent future, I promise—R-Journals):

October 2006: Recruiting Trip to Boston. Canvassing a city in 48 hours is tough. Well, together with my friends Ed and Kate from Rollins’ Admissions, we did just that—and still had some time for fun. More on the trip (and on an interesting side trip to Salem at night) next time.

November 2006: My Southern Caribbean cruise…as is my family’s tradition, I headed to some exotic locales for the Thanksgiving holiday. Unfortunately, the vacation ended quite tragically (don’t worry, nobody died). More on that in the next journal (complete with photos!).

December 2006: I returned home to Cleveland after a stressful DAY of finals. That’s right, only one final for me this semester. Don’t be fooled: I definitely made up for my lack of final exams in that I wrote a combined 70 pages in my last two weeks of classes. That’s right. 70 pages. From Cleveland, I headed almost straight to Chicago for a day trip. Two days later, I flew out to London to visit a Rollins graduate studying at Oxford and to spend some time with Rollins students studying abroad for the fall semester. I returned home just in time for Santa Claus, and headed out again to Florida for my great-grandmother’s 100th birthday party two days later. Add in a family New Years’ celebration at the extraordinary Gaylord Palms Resort, and you’ve got quite the month. Whew.

January 2007: After an exhausting December, my year has started off with a bang. I’ve already mentioned that I’m writing from the very spartan Louis Armstrong International Airport after Intersession. (FYI: Intersession is a one-week term just before the start of second semester in which students can optionally take an intense, two- credit class.) You might remember that I founded Rollins Relief just after Hurricane Katrina. This trip marks my fifth to New Orleans since March 2006. I’m beginning to feel like a local. Our intersession class is the largest service-learning class in Rollins’ history…53 students and 10 faculty strong! I’ve got lots to write on our amazingly successful trip…but not for a couple more journals (and not until I finish up my mini-vacation to South Florida this weekend).

Hope you all are doing well. Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, Kwanza Greetings, and Happy New Year for all the holidays I missed in between journals.

Please feel free to jot me a note. I know you’ve missed me.

Best,

Steve

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