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Getting Settled
Sep. 17th, 2010 08:56 pmYesterday: Got to campus about 10, found my apartment, got my stuff unpacked from the car. Tracked down Freshman Guy (who I guess is now Sophomore Guy) at his dorm and got all the rest of my stuff back from him, which only took two hours. Went grocery shopping, which was monetarily painful but now my fridge is full of fresh veggies and my cabinets are full of baking stuff. Then my dad went to pick up his girlfriend at the airport and I stayed behind and moved all my furniture around so I could fit my bed into a corner. And worked on unpacking, of course, not that I got very far. I love my new bookcase - it gives me some separate shelf space just for my paperback fiction and manga, so my big school-issue bookcase is mostly just reference books, school books, and cookbooks, and the top of it makes a nice space for my little make-shift altar. The room itself - I'm in the corner bedroom, off to the side from the main room of the apartment - is bigger than I was expecting for a single, definitely plenty of room for me, and it has a lovely view out the window. Lots of trees and plants, not too much traffic because it's the back side of the building. I really like the apartment a lot, even if I don't have as much counter space or cabinet space as I'd like in the kitchen. I love having my very own bathroom. And it was so nice to come home from dinner with everyone and just...be in my space. I think this was a very good idea.
Today: Got dragged out the door at 8.30 by my dad and the girlfriend to go into San Francisco. Did the standard tourist loop. Started out in Chinatown, walked around Fisherman's Wharf for a few hours and got lunch, drove down Haight Street to check out all the painted Victorian houses. Went through Golden Gate Park. Wandered around the Sunset District trying to find a place to eat dinner. I was sore and exhausted, but I tried to be a good sport, since the girlfriend has never been to SF before. All the touristy stuff is probably not how I'd choose to spend my time in the city, but it's all neat stuff still and it was pretty fun. I want to be more articulate about this, but what can I say? I was riding through Golden Gate Park with my dad in the misty rain listening to a Yankees game on the radio. Some times I can't imagine ever feeling happy living in San Francisco and other times I think it's the only real city I'd ever want to live in. So it was a good day, my sore feet notwithstanding.
Man, I am going to bed and sleeping for a week.
Today: Got dragged out the door at 8.30 by my dad and the girlfriend to go into San Francisco. Did the standard tourist loop. Started out in Chinatown, walked around Fisherman's Wharf for a few hours and got lunch, drove down Haight Street to check out all the painted Victorian houses. Went through Golden Gate Park. Wandered around the Sunset District trying to find a place to eat dinner. I was sore and exhausted, but I tried to be a good sport, since the girlfriend has never been to SF before. All the touristy stuff is probably not how I'd choose to spend my time in the city, but it's all neat stuff still and it was pretty fun. I want to be more articulate about this, but what can I say? I was riding through Golden Gate Park with my dad in the misty rain listening to a Yankees game on the radio. Some times I can't imagine ever feeling happy living in San Francisco and other times I think it's the only real city I'd ever want to live in. So it was a good day, my sore feet notwithstanding.
Man, I am going to bed and sleeping for a week.