P-Day!

Throughout my entire first year at SMC students would mention the greatest day on campus: P-Day. For the longest time I had no idea what this day was, but, after experiencing my second P-Day, I must agree – it truly is the greatest day on campus. So what is P-Day??? P-Day stands for Preparation Day and it is held on the Saturday before the last week of classes. The festivities start Friday afternoon with a huge BBQ outside on the 300s fields. Then comes Saturday morning – the morning where SMC students actually wake up early. You will never see the campus more alive and energetic on a Saturday morning. Since students were awake so early, some of the residence buildings put on breakfast for their residents: pancakes, bacon, sausage, eggs, coffee, and orange juice. The first event on campus was the Trike Race, which is always a must to watch. It was completely hilarious. Teams raced around the Alliot rotunda on tricycles as the attempted to avoid the intense obstacles of whip-cream pies, shaving cream, and foam noodles.

After the race, I was able to relax on the lawn and enjoy the amazingly warm weather with

 my friends as we waited for the main events to start.

Above are students enjoying the weather just my friends and I did.

The picture on the right is of Chris, my RA Chrstine, myself, and my roommate Emily.

At one, SMC students flocked to the 300s field for food, live music, and inflatibles. From one to five my friends and I enjoyed food from local restaurants including The Skinny Pancake, P.K. Café, Papa Frank’s Samosaman, Hop Sing Restaurant, Wicked Mountain Dogs, and Ahli Baba’s Kabob.

I went through the food tent twice tasting a bit of everything. However, my favorite? The Nutella Crepe made by the Skinny Pancake crew.

Saint Mike’s also had some new inflatibles this year as well as the classics. My favorite inflatible was a big bubble inflatible (first picture). Other inflatibles included a water slide (last picture), slip n' slide, rock climbing wall, and an obstacle course (middle picture).

There was also a tent for airbrush tattoos, facing painting, and henna tattoos. The line was long but totally worth waiting in! I got a dragonfly tattoo and I hope it doesn't fade anytime soon!