New Place, Same Blog

Sorry about the lack of posts at the end of my stay in South Africa but school started getting more hectic and I didn't go on anymore vacations so there wasn't anything big to write about. I did rent a scooter the last day I was in South Africa and drive up and down the Western Coast. I only fell once and I recommend everyone take a ride on one at some point in their life. I spent a week at home last week but some joked that I wasn't really at home for most of that time, and while I was in Iowa and Wisconsin for part of the week I did spend my fair share at home.

I woke up with plenty of time this morning to finish packing but I ended up making pancakes and thought I had an extra half hour so I ended up leaving for my 1:10pm flight at 12:10. I missed my flight (for the first time in my life even though I've had many close calls), but I'm glad I got to learn how to deal with a missed flight when I wasn't really in a hurry. Apparently as long as you show up at a ticket counter within 2 hours after your flight they will put you on another flight free of charge. I was originally flying into Dulles which is not so easily accessible to DC so I was able to change to the 2:55 flight to Reagan which is on the Metro and much closer. I was second on the standby list and even ended up with a window seat.

I took the Metro to GW, walked to New Hall where I got my keys, and then found my room in Ivory Tower without a problem. My roommate, Sam Ramos, was there to show me around and soon my apartment-mate, Seth Goldin, emerged from his room. We went to dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant in Georgetown. I've never been to one before and it was pretty good and very similar to other Asian food. Sam had a shopping cart he got somewhere so we used it to do some quick shopping before the grocery store closed. Pretty sparse grocery store but I'll check out Trader Joe's tomorrow which should be better.

I start Tuesday at Planned Parenthood so I have all day tomorrow to get acclimated. I should be able to get around DC without my iPhone by the weekend.