Checking in from Ohio

Ryan and I have ventured to Ohio. This trip has had multiple destinations. We started our trip towards Athens, Ohio. This is where I attended college for four years. During my years there I became a part of Phi Mu Fraternity. My trip to OU was to say good bye to our beloved house. The chapter has been closed for multiple years and now the National board has decided to sell the house. Ryan and I met up with some former friends from my years there. It was a lot of fun to see them. We tracked through the house together and fought our ways to claim some of the items to remember the house. If anyone from our pledge class is wondering where the scrap book is, I have it.

After our day in Athens, we drove north to Cleveland to stay with my sister. Ryan and I became involved in another sad event. We had to say good bye to my Ohio Mom. Pam Rickel. Pam passed away 8-5-09 after a long and harrowing battle with pulmonary fibrous. Her battle was heroic and she is finally at rest. I will miss her greatly as she always had a jello-jiggler and a rice krispy treat for us. Ryan and I drove back and forth from Stow and Cleveland for the wake and funeral. Our trip has been bittersweet, marked with good friends and unfortunate circumstances. We must come this way more often to allude these circumstances.