[Erin Rapacki]

68 hrs until I leave for the airport!


There are many reasons why I decided to go to IRI:

#1 THE PEOPLE!! It's great to be able to see/meet people that I don't normally run into more than once a year.

#2 BTB! I want to get as much off-season comp exposure as I can and "gather" ideas for the Blitz. There's a lot of information/tricks out there that are best noticed in person.

#3 Andy Baker asked me to be a judge for IRI when we met at WPI. What an honor! I'll love to participate in that aspect.

#4 MIDWEST? I've never been there, but I imagine it'll be just like Connecticut except flatter. It'll still be fun!

Some terminology to watch out for:

soda = pop
highway = expressway
sneakers = tennis shoes

any others? We NE folk usually make fun of people for saying POP, but I suppose out there it'll be the other way around.


Well, I certainly look forward to attending and yes... i have been training for the pool fight (ish.)

cya there!


ByE

erin