August 21st

Someone told me one should not write ablog every day as it gets boring to read. but boring reading is not boring writing...
I have also had such an interesting day! Spent the whole morning reading about how to register my car and calling the dmv (registration office) with various questions. THen J took me to Storrs to get an ID card and register at the international office. ANd you know how long that took me: 2 hours. Why? Because I was 3 minutes from the second office but then, after reading a map, walked in the wrong direction. By the time I found where I wanted to be I was so disoriented I could not find the psychology building anymore (and no, map reading does not help as all buildings are identifiable by names and I did not know the name). And so I had to walk back to the first building and from there back to the psychology building - only to discover I had even passed the psychology building on my way there. Is that worse than booking yourself in for a flight with baby food or not?
Otherwise I am feeling very happy here - although have this gnawing feeling I should maybe start getting down to some work, and will I still feel so happy when I reread my research proposal? ANyway, for now I am happy and tomorrow I go to Yale and NEwhaven with J. (and I am taking my laptop to do some work there!)