calm before the storm

I arrived safely in Harrisonburg last night. Squeezed in a quick grocery trip at Wal-Mart before meeting the lady with the key at our place. I declined her help in unloading the car because I wanted to do some physical exercise, and I’m so particular about where things go, and I figured I could get it done quickly anyway. (Our place is small, and I had only a carload. Most of the trunk stuff was camping gear anyway.)

I scarfed my dinner (pre-packaged salad from Wal-Mart), unpacked/explored, looked for the thermostat a few times to no avail (overnight low was 42!), and crashed a little early. Sometime in the night, the heat did kick on; we must share it with our neighbors or something. We’re staying it what seems like an old house that was subdivided into 4 or 5 little apartments. I was still glad that I brought my sleeping bag in from the car before sleeping.

 

From Left to Right, the sign reads "Center for Justice and Peacebuilding"

On my way home from lunch, I went by the campus, and it’s so lovely! And it’s such a lovely day out, too! I came home just happy and content, even though I don’t know which of the readings I’m really supposed to have done for class tomorrow. Or how I’m supposed to write this essay when I don’t know some of the terms or where to find the definitions. Seriously, the “Day 1” folder I made for my first class has 16 documents, the shortest of them is 26 pages. Is this “welcome to grad school?!”

In other news, I’m about to go to a pick-up ultimate Frisbee game on EMU campus. I don’t know anybody and may be the only woman playing. But I’ve psyched myself up for it, and I’d so much rather run around chasing a Frisbee than just for the sake of running. And I’m so tired of sitting (driving) that running around will be a great thing for me to do before sitting in class all day this week!