So, here I am! It felt like it was always still a little ways away, but I have officially arrived in San Marcos to stay. Orientation at TSU was on Tuesday, things are working out, but, naturally, only after nearly every plan I had went awry. I begin class on Monday (yikes!), and today and tomorrow consist of job-searching and being in a constant state of being lost and almost out of gas. The good news is that, though I can hardly believe it, day by day I am getting more done, getting things set up, and it looks as though my life in San Marcos is off to a pretty good (& extraordinarily hectic) start.

I did have a very amusing experience trying to get my books for this semester, today. Doesn't it seem to you that the campus bookstore would be an appropriate place to obtain your class materials for the coming semester? Yes, a very logical and reasonable thought, I figured. But no. I was (and you are) incorrect. In order to buy textbooks for class, it is in fact necessary to go off-campus, to one of three bookstores in town. The campus bookstore is improperly named indeed. However, in my search for my textbooks, I made a new friend - the first one of San Marcos! An English major who speaks English, Spanish, and Japanese - imagine that!

Missing all you Prescott peeps much love to you guys and hope you are all well! I'll keep you all updated on the living situation and this coming week (which, there is no doubt, is bound to be filled with crazy stories).