Earning an A in geography

George Santayana once said, "To me, it seems a dreadful indignity to have a soul controlled by geography."

Last Friday though, I was happy to have my soul controlled by geography. I had the easy way out when it came to traveling to SJI in Columbia this week.
I met my group of colleagues and mentors for the week in the lobby of the Stoney Creek  Hotel just before 3 p.m. on Friday afternoon. They looked tired after traveling all morning to St. Louis and then driving in.
Me? I was fresh. All I had to do was pop on "Summer Hits of the 90's" Pandora and drive east on I-70 for two hours from Kansas City (I'm interning at the Star this summer).
While my roommate Jaylon Thompson was up at 5 a.m. to catch his flight out of Houston, I woke up at 9:30, worked out, had breakfast and ran an errand at the post office before I was on my way around noon.
Thank you geography for being on my side this week.

--Chris Bumbaca