Kitty Patnode:  

College As for college... I boarded a plane for college shortly after graduation with the goal of getting as far away from my hometown as possible without getting too homesick. Not such an easy task, but I was up for a challenge. I touched down in the small mountain community of Flagstaff, Arizona, just 2 hours south of the Grand Canyon, and 20 minutes west(?) of the Sno-Bowl ski resort. It is also the home of NAU (Northern Arizona University). You know, except for the canyon, I might as well have still been in Upstate New York. Flagstaff reminded me so much of Lake Placid, it was almost impossible to miss home. God Bless Serendipity! Anyway,I spent the next 4 1/2 years (excluding trips home for the summer and Christmas) studying Psychology, Sociology & English Literature. I also became very well versed in things like: 2for1(at Senor Frog's), Ladies Night(at O'Shanigan's), F.U.B.A.R. (at Granny's Closet), Dominoes Pizza, frozen Magaritas (at El Chilito), Taco Bell and free tickets to the football game. I also made some great friends, a small number of whom I've been lucky enough to keep in touch with all these years...including my first room-mate who has been one of my best friends ever since. After a few years of silliness, I managed to get most of my ducks in a row, at least long enough to get a job as an RA in Reilly Hall, which at the the time was an "all-girls" dorms (Oh! OOPS! I mean...Residence Halls). That was a trip! My co-RA was a great gal...Expand for more