You would have thought that I couldn't possibly have more bad luck in the past month than getting food poisoning right before Christmas or having an allergic reaction to bath soap. But indeed, I find more ways to succeed where others have failed.

To be certain, I must note that the Aviation Captain's Career Course takes Ultimate Frisbee seriously. I mean, really seriously.

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I guess I can now look back on the whole "rash due to an allergic reaction to bath soap" incident and laugh. You can too, with the following story:

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The end of 2006 was kind of a lull period for me. After the Honduras adventure, the last two months of 2006 were quite dull and frustrating. That's not to say they didn't have their typical Crispin Burke moments.

Take this Christmas, for example.

I had just sealed the deal on my new apartment, and was waiting for the previous resident to move out. The day before I was scheduled to move in and get my household goods delivered, I get a letter from my parents saying that they were leaving for my sister's graduation in two days.

Well, fuck. That left me one day to move all my stuff in, and then the next day to drive myself up to South Carolina. And then one more day for me to drive up with my parents to my sister's graduation in Fairfax, VA. Presumably, when one says that they're going to graduation, I assume that they're going to see someone walk across the stage.

Well, that's what I get for assuming...
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