Settling in

have just finished my first full week of classes. the kids seem nice enough though they are still on vacation.

am adjusting to life here. i have an apt and am sharing for someone for the first time in many years. i am gonna try and not make her hate me for a while. i figure xmas is a good goal. the apt is pretty nice - recently redone, so its nice and clean. only problem is the issue of furnishings. they are coming to put our kitchen sink in this afternoon. apts go so fast here that we had to say yes to it as soon as we saw it or we would have nothing. this happened a few times. my roommate and i got the reputation at the school as being a little picky apt wise cause saw so many things that we decided not to take. consequently, we got the apt before it was totally ready.

also - we have brand new furnishings but they are somewhat scary. they are this weird mix of modern and old. dont know - maybe all the communist years have destroyed something. all of the apt blocks are ugly. all cement thrown up during the communist era and the ones built afterward still look the same. but they are much nicer on the inside.

we live really close to this lovely, large park and can walk to work. will do until the weather turns nasty. its still quite nice out - sunny and warm. i think that when the weather turns, it will be quick and very painful for me. am hoping that global warming does its thing and kicks in for this winter.

laters