And So It Begins...

Hello, everyone (as Katie Couric would say):

I've been in Syracuse for 13 days and I've decided it's about time to get my blog started.

I'm pretty much settled into my new apartment, and if I'm not, my cat certainly is. She has slept on almost every surface of the place and I'm really needing to brush her (daily!) if I don't want the whole place to look like a calico cat.

I've been to the zoo and a minor league baseball game. I've made banana bread, cookies twice and tonight I'm baking a cake for a classmate's birthday tomorrow. I unclogged a drain and I've been grocery shopping and got a new cell phone, among other things.

I went to my first day of class and met some new people. Erica, Lisa, Marki and Amanda seem to be my friend group, and sometimes we see Paul and Jon and Anna and her boyfriend, though I can't remember his name. We all went to pop culture trivia night Friday at the Inn Complete and it was really fun. Then Sunday we went to the welcome clambake -- also fun and a good time to keep getting to know new people.

So far the work has been challenging, but I'm not worried about failing...yet. Last week the PR kids had class Tuesday night, and for our news writing class we had to interview a classmate and write a story by the next morning. Because news writing ended at 5 and PR started at 6, there was basically no time to interview. Ultimately, I had 3 less hours to do the work everyone else did, and I still got to bed just after midnight and got an A on the assignment. Therefore, I feel the work will be a challenge throughout the rest of the summer six weeks, but I also feel that I will be able to do it.

Other than all of this, not much has happened. Just reading, reading, reading and some writing and a little bit of sketching. Bill will be coming up for the weekend and I'm hoping we will go out for Amanda's birthday Friday night if the homework load isn't too heavy. Then Saturday there is a scavenger hunt and karaoke at the Inn Complete. I think the plan will be to do homework all day Saturday until the hunt...hopefully it's ok if Bill comes along.

That's all for now. I think it's a good start to the blogging world of a 'Cuser!