Lost Teapot

Laundry sure finishes quickly when there are multiple washers and dryers to use. None of this ‘one load at a time’ for me!

This weekend I attended my first class as a graduate student at Syracuse. It lasted two days and I am now one credit hour richer. It was difficult because there was a group project and presentation with people from different majors within the ischool. But I met a lot of really nice LIS students whom I will have classes with for the next two years. A couple of us even went out to celebrate surviving class #1 last night and we’ve made plans to go to the state fair on Saturday.

I don’t have class today, but I will tomorrow. I’m taking three classes this semester on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. One of them is about international librarianship and i’m really interested in the guest presenters.

Today I am doing laundry, cleaning my apartment, and trying to continue unpacking.

I am sitting on a bench watching people walk by and killing time before orientation. It is very weird. I don’t feel the excitement of the new students walking by. I feel more like an observer than participant. Maybe because I have been to college before. Anyways, the campus looks beautiful. And I just saw my first squirrel. This is gonna be great!

One thing about my new apartment that I really love is that I can hear church bells chiming every hour. Right now, I know that it is noon, because the bells are playing a song. I much prefer the church bells to the train sounds of my old apartment in Nagoya.

Also, it is August. Why the hell is it only 70 degrees? I’m cold!

After driving about 13 hours with two cats, we made it to our new home around 10pm last night. During the first two hours of the drive Lizzy tore up the inside of her carrier, bloodied one of her front claws trying to escape, rubbed her nose raw on the mesh sides of her carrier, and escaped (twice) through the top zipper. Darcy was quiet and tolerant. Eventually, to save my sanity and Lizzy’s health I allowed her to roam the car freely as long as she didn’t try to sit on me or climb down by my feet. She calmed down completely after that and snuggled down into the litter box top in the back seat. Next time we take a long drive she will be sedated or I am not going. Absolutely horrible drive. Absolutely psychotic cat.
They appear to be settling into our new home nicely. They have both spent most of the morning peering out the windows and following me from room to room. Currently I am sipping tea and enjoying the view from my living room.
On the to-do list today is grocery shopping and homework with a side order of unpacking. I already called to set up my Internet. They are coming to install it on Tuesday. Until then, I will make do with my iPhone.

I got a new computer. It arrived in the mail yesterday and I am making my first update from it. It’s a cute little MacBook Pro. Can you guess what I named it? I’m sure Summer can (one of my names for Trifecta struck me as a good name for a laptop). Anyways. There are two days left before I leave for the long drive to Syracuse where I will remain for the duration of my Masters program. Aside from short holidays and vacations of course. But I was going to tell you about my computer. It’s a laptop. Oh no! I’ve finally gone over to the dark side! Well, not really. It is a Mac after all. But I decided I needed something I could tote back and forth to school with me. And this is much more portable than my MacMini. I’m gonna play with it some more, see ya later!

Darcy just surprised me by meowing in her sleep. It was a cross between talking to birds and hungry whine. Followed by smacking her lips. What is she dreaming about?

I feel like I spent the whole day putting in shelf paper.

Today I moved into my new apartment. My mom and I even got so far as to set up my bedroom furniture. Tonight I am sleeping on my bed. We ate dinner at my table. Things are happening and I am very excited! …and exhausted. So goodnight to you.

Today I was finally able to take books to the library and recycle my old old computer. Actually that was a lot of fun. I couldn’t figure out how to erase my hard drive because the video card was spazzing out and I couldn’t read the screen to make any changes. So I called and asked the nerds at Best Buy and they told me to smash them with a hammer since Best Buy won’t recycle them with the hard drives and I don’t plan on using them again. So I took them out and had fun with mom’s hammer and axe. Nobody will be restoring those hard drives again.
Somehow, as a result of today’s activities I gave myself a lovely purple bruise on my left knee. Yay. But I am getting excited about moving.