A Trip Back to College and a Hair Cut

Last Saturday, I spent most of the morning in St. Augustine helping the new freshman move into Flagler College. I remember the Saturday 8 years ago that I moved my stuff into the dorms at Flagler. For those of you who don’t know about Flagler College, the next time you are in St. Augustine I highly recommend taking the tour of the college. It was opened in 1888 as a magnificent hotel.

Henry Flagler began building it in 1885 and it opened in 1888 as the Hotel Ponce de Leon. What a great building it is. It was the first building to be made completely out of poured (or cast-in-place) concrete. It was the first building in St. Augustine to have electricity - thanks to Edison. It has two bell towers that were not used to house bells but it housed the water that the hotel and its guests used. Louis Comfort Tiffany was commissioned to do the interior design work in the hotel - which included putting his famous stained glass windows throughout the dining room. There are still 27 ORIGINAL Tiffany stained-glass in the building. Also in the hotel, there are 2 beautiful murals on the ceiling. It has the most beautiful hand carved wood-work in the rotunda as well as magnificent floors. The tiles in the floors were all hand laid. The beauty is not one that can be explained in words but one that must be seen in person.

Flagler College was established in 1968 and the hotel was gifted to the school. Ponce, as the hotel is known, now houses female residents and the dining room. The school was originally started as an all-girls college but started to allow boys in 1971 and got its accreditation in 1973. It is a small school but the education is one of the best in the nation. I thoroughly enjoyed my time while I was there and learned more than I ever thought I would. I learned to like things that I never thought I would. I got my degree in history and double-minored in sociology and Latin American studies. One subject that I got really good at and thankfully so was English. I loved the fact that all of my professors knew my name and if they saw me on campus they knew who I was. There were never any more than 30 students in any of my classes, even the freshmen classes.

Back to last Saturday, I helped parents carry stuff up to dorm rooms and answered any questions that they might have had concerning the school. I had so much fun and it brought back many memories of my time spent at Flagler. I really think that I am going to do it again next year. Here are a few pictures of my old room:






Last night, I took Jack to get a haircut and he was none to happy about it. His hair had gotten long and unruly. He hates having his hair washed so it was definitely time to get a hair cut. So my sister and I went to get it cut. Once he realized what was going on he absolutely refused to sit down and let the lady cut his hair. I had to sit in the chair with him so she could cut it. I told her to just shave it as short as she could. Now he basically has no hair. It looks good and I like it. He keeps saying “hair, all gone.” It is funny to watch him rub his hand on his head and then just go do something else. Now he really looks like his dad.


Before hair cut


Post hair cut


On a completely unrelated note, I am getting my sofa at the beginning of next month. I am so excited. Jon is not because he doesn’t like the couch. Oh well too bad. I am buying it.