Creative Arts Workshop at Cap

 The original purpose of our trip to Ohio was for Caeden to attend the Creative Arts Workshop at Capital today. It turned out to be mostly for current Capital students in the Music Technology program, but it was definitely good for Caeden to attend and learn and get a little bit of feel for things.

It was snowing when we left Chillicothe this morning.

The workshop took place in the Convergent Media Center at Cap. This building didn't even exist when Jeremy and I were students there, and an old gym was torn down in order to build it. 

We heard the MIDI band play this morning and attended the opening session with Caeden.

In just a little over 20 years, campus looks a lot different. We found ourselves looking at a campus map kiosk trying to find the bookstore. Turns out that's in the same place, but it wasn't open.

What used to be Mound Street going through the middle of campus was bricked in several years ago, which is so nice! 

Jeremy and I weren't really interested in attending the Music Technology workshops all day, so we had a lot of time to kill. Because we didn't really know what the schedule of the day would be like, we hadn't contacted any friends in Columbus about getting together. So it was just time for ourselves.

We always loved going to W.G. Grinders when we were in college, but the one in Bexley near Capital closed years ago. So we drove up to Upper Arlington and had an early lunch of our favorites.

We also went to see a movie--Lost City. It was pretty funny, and very nice to sit and relax and laugh in a movie theater.

We went back to Cap for the Keynote session at the end of the workshops. Capital alumnus Brian Fullen spoke about his time at Capital and how he developed his career. 

Caeden said he did enjoy the day and learned some things, even though he was one of only a couple high school students in attendance and things were definitely geared towards the current Cap students. He was glad he attended.

Jeremy and I couldn't visit Cap without visiting Graeter's, so we hopped across the street...

Caeden didn't want ice cream, but also didn't want to leave Columbus without visiting his favorite local eatery--Wendy's. He is a happy and tired boy.

It was a lot of driving for Jeremy in just over 48 hours, and we really appreciate him taking us on this trek!

What a beautiful and unique sunset! Jeremy pointed out that there was one big red beam, but when I took the photo, the clouds made it look like a cross! Hi Jesus! Thank you for being with us!

Back in Saybrook, gas prices are still ridiculously high. They were a little lower in Indiana and Ohio, but we took the Prius on this trip because of this ridiculousness! 

It's always nice to travel, but always nice to come home--even when the batteries have died in your thermostat and the house is 47 degrees inside!  Hahaha. We replaced them and got the furnace cranking, turned on the foot warmer on our bed and went to sleep. 

It was a nice spring break. We didn't go to the beach, but we did get to do a lot of other wonderful things!