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I’m up in Dayton, Ohio on a weekend trip with my daughter for the 2011 UD Band Alumni weekend. I haven’t been to Bandcoming since the 100 year anniversary back in 2005 so I’m looking forward to seeing some old college friends and spending a weekend with my daughter.

We had an 8am flight out of Tampa so we were up early and at the gate by 7:15am. Before boarding the plane my daughter realized she didn’t have any “new” reading material so we whipped out her Kindle and made a quick purchase over the 3G wireless. Very convenient!

Our flight into CVG was smooth and uneventful. Since all of our luggage was carry-on we were off the plane, on the shuttle bus, and in our rental car within 30 minutes of landing. We made a few stops in the Cincinnati area to see our old stomping grounds and made it to the Dayton area around lunch time. We weren’t able to get early check-in to the hotel so we grabbed lunch at Marian’s and then headed to campus to do a little shopping at the bookstore and walk around to see all the changes.

The computer labs sure have changed since I was in school! 🙂

Later that afternoon we were finally able to check into our hotel and rest (by now we had been up since before 6am). Refreshed, we met my brother and sister-in-law at the Rusty Bucket for dinner before heading back to campus for the evening alumni reception. I was a little disappointed that there was not a large showing from my class years, but I guess that’s to be expected as the years go by.

We have another early morning tomorrow, starting with band rehearsal, so it’s time to get some sleep.