Notes from my first few days of living in Bloomington.

*The initial phase of the move-in process wasn’t that bad. The moving guys on this end were good guys, maybe not quite as fast as the Bellingham guys, but they helped me get my TV set up when I didn’t expect them to, and I definitely needed a second set of hands to get that done. I’m very pleased that 24 hours after I had moved in, I was entirely set up with working cable and internet (the AT&T guy was here the next day).

*Unpacking sucks. The big stuff is out, but I’m still not done. We’ve received our homework for the first day of class, and yesterday I found myself sitting and reading for that because it sounded like an enjoyable alternative to unpacking. I never thought I’d see the day when doing homework is procrastination.

*I’m navigationally challenged in a big way. On top of my GPS having more trouble in this town than it ever had in Washington, I’ve been trying to learn this downtown area on foot because I’m planning on doing a lot more walking than driving. It’s embarrassing how little intuition I have for this stuff. The other night, I set out on foot to go to a restaurant or bar (I truly had about 10 in mind and was just going to hit up the first one of those that jumped out at me)…these places were all within 1.5 miles of me. I didn’t find one for an hour.