An Alumnus Returns to Campus

SEA_tide
Tue, 13 Jan 2015 04:31:30 +0000

Part 3:

Overall, I was very impressed with what UA has become. If I was a high school senior, I would definitely choose to attend there again. The only thing I didn’t like is that many of the nice buildings are replacing some of the more quirky UA buildings. When I started at UA, it was much more a hidden gem and I had to do a lot of things for myself. Many of the major annoyances I had as a student have since been fixed. What this means though is that I have grown up and am ready for other adventures in other places. I eventually plan on visiting UA again, maybe for a football game with many of my college friends.

I didn’t end up taking the job near Atlanta for a number of reasons. Amazingly, I booked a flight back to Seattle 25 hours prior to departure for $388. It would’ve been $258 if I had used my travel agent skills and had 3 connections in various parts of the country, but the fare didn’t earn miles in my preferred program. For future reference, the nonstop Miami-Seattle flight takes at least 7 hours from gate to gate. Cafe Versailles at the Miami airport is not a French fafe as the name suggests; instead, it’s a Cuban restaurant with good, inexpensive food.

Feel free to ask for clarification or if you have any questions and I’ll do my best to respond. Condensing 4 years of experience into a one night visit was hard. I only got to eat at Publix and O’Charley’s when I was in Tuscaloosa and both were very good. One is allowed to combine happy hour and Free Pie Wednesday at O’Charley’s, which gives one a lot of food for a very good price. Publix now has raspberry lemonade in the deli.

As the country group Alabama first sang in their 1980 hit; my home’s in Alabama, no matter where I lay my head.

Roll Tide!