A Melancholy Farewell to Minnesota

On October 18, 1989, I was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Since then I have not even spent a fortnight (fourteen consecutive days according to the World English Dictionary) away from Minnesota. Although I was born in St. Cloud, there is no doubt that Esko, Minnesota, is my home town as I have lived there the majority of my life and hold a diploma from the prestigious Lincoln Secondary School (aka Lincoln High School aka Esko High School aka Independent School District #99). Not only that I have met many great people and have a lot of great friends from Esko. While it was fairly inevitable that I would eventually have to leave Esko, I had hoped that I would be able to stay in the state of Minnesota. I could not pass on the opportunity to go to graduate school at Michigan Technological University though. So, it is with much sadness that I say farewell to Minnesota for the moment. My fellow Minnesotans can rest assured though, as I will be bringing my Minnesota state flag with me, and I will always be striving to get back to the greatest state in the Union.