An annual event at UMF is the end-of-year party for new faculty. I'm a part of the 2007-2008 new faculty cohort, so I was invited. There was a Cinco de Mayo theme this year. . . lots of good Mexican food plus margaritas and mojitos. In addition to the new faculty, there was a nice group of not-so-new faculty in attendance. It was actually quite the party. Children were invited and they had as much fun as the grown-ups, though it was a different kind. After playing in the yard and on the swingset until sundown, they got to roast marshmallows over the firepit after dark. They were pretty wound up and at some point, a bunch of them went a little crazy with the TP.
