Well, I'm back at school. The feeling hasn't sunk in yet, since classes don't start until mid-September and I have an intervening trip to Hong Kong. Miranda (along with her family) and I loaded all our stuff into a Budget truck on Friday, and drove at 45 mph up to Princeton, NJ that night.
Saturday morning we checked into our apartment only to find that we are on the third floor without an elevator. This is problematic as Miranda has a lot of heavy furniture, and all our stuff combined barely fit into the truck and three cars. But Miranda's brother (who lifts 100 lb. scuba tanks for a living) came through big time. The move-in took about eight hours, but we came out with a very nice place. I anticipate hosting several get-togethers (a little West Wing Night: "NJ style" perhaps).
I ran a lot of errands today (phone, cable, bank, ID, parking, etc) and crossed many things off my to do list. I also spoke to a Professor about a part-time programming job--the standard grad student rate is quite the pay cut for me, but a little extra spending money never hurts. The best news of the day was that I have an office, with my name already on the door. No view of the Potomac (as I had for a few months in Georgetown), but it seems that they know how to treat us right here.
I helped Miranda with her homework tonight (all Woody Woo students have a "math camp" rite of passage). I really need to finish unpacking tonight as tomorrow will be spent preparing for my Hong Kong trip (I leave on Wednesday from Newark).
all of that unpacking only to have to re-pack some of it for a trip.
I hope you have a fantabulous time.
Don't I know it. Right now I'm supposed to be unpacking books as my clothes are washed before the trip to HK.