Raisin Monday

Trust me when I tell you, you've never seen anything, I mean anything, like Raisin Monday (for those of you who don't know what Raisin Weekend is, go back one entry).  I was semi-prepared for the lunacy because all day yesterday I saw students in various states of drunkeness throughout the town.  However, today takes the cake.

At 11:00 AM, the bell tower at St. Salvator's signals the formal beginning of the festivities.  At 11:01 AM, the Quad is filled with 600-800 students covered in shaving foam from head to toe.  I stopped by to see it ( as did half the town) and couldn't stop laughing.  Looking into the quad, it appeared to be blizzard conditions and oddly dressed people reveling in a storm of foam. It was like an outdoor Gallagher concert. There were students dressed as the Statue of Liberty, Chinese dragons, military figures, coneheads and men as women and vice versa.   Some were covered in Christmas wrapping paper, in newspapers, bath towels and plastic sheeting. Most of the students, were to some degree, grossly underdressed for the frosty morning.  Prior to going into the quad, the "children" delivered their Raisin "receipt".  I saw washing machines, ovens, tractor trailer tires, shopping carts, garden hoses, park benches, sandwich boards and a variety of other cumbersome objects.  It was a great way to start a Monday morning. I laughed till it hurt.

Last week for me here in St. Andrews and then, no journal entries. I'm looking forward to being home.   Hope you are all well.  I remain,

Wishing I was a student, not.

Mike