So let me just start by saying that this post was never meant to be split into parts, however so much has happened surrounding the Senators that I felt it necessary to divide up the work. Nobody wants to read a blog post longer than the Nile. I know I'm late to the party here with this but I'm usually late to every other party I go to anyway so might as well stay on brand here. I also only made this blog a few months ago so cut me some slack okay? A lot has changed since the ECF in 2017, and these past few years have been a wild ride. It seemed that on occasion, everything was quiet, and then at others it was just one shitstorm after another. Now I'd like to point out that while some of these stories are funny, some of them are serious or even genuinely heartbreaking. I do not want it to come across like I am making light of these situations. The tragic stories have been included in this post because I still want to keep this factual and also don't want to ignore the