Last weekend, Alex and I went to UNC to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Epsilon Gamma chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. We enjoyed ourselves immensely. Mom took the boys to the coast so we had only ourselves to manage!
We wound up at the movies on Friday night where we unexpectedly ran into a good friend Crystal from high school! I always find that weird but serendipitous. On Saturday, we had barbeque at the Kappa house and got a house tour. The tiny room that Robbins and I shared is now the President's single. The sleeping porch which used to sleep at least 12 girls now houses only 4 (three of the four are named Katelyn, Katelin, and Caitlin). The young ladies were shocked that we actually used the phone closet on the upstairs hall and the intercom to announce when someone had a phone call downstairs. The study lounge upstairs now has cubicles with a laptop in each. I hadn't thought about the consequences of all of the technology I've enjoyed as a real adult. When I was in school, the Internet was just emerging to the general population and I remember my sheer glee when my dad sprang for the 33 MHz processor in my first college PC.
We sneaked our way into Sitterson, the computer science building where I spent most of my best hours. They've extended it and named the extension after Frederick P. Brooks. The two most significant changes are that the GLAB (what we called the graphics lab) is now the Robotics Lab and - hold onto your socks - there's a room in the Brooks building on the second floor labeled "Lactation Room". Holy heck. We've come a long way, babes. Overall, I left with the impression that I used know things other people didn't and now I can't remember what I was just talking to Susan about before I had to pour someone more milk. I swear I'm going to take calculus classes at UNCC.
