back to school

the end of the road trip back to austin was pretty epic. it involved flat tires, the highway patrol, tempers flaring, traveling down the wrong roads, great music and much laughter at the ridiculousness of it all. i got back to austin sometime after 2am on august 27th...the day school started.

after less than 4 hours of sleep i was awake and heading to class. my day was spent in class and taking care of all sorts of registration and hiring errands. i also found out that i would have to take placement tests today and tomorrow (good thing i knew about them in advance so i could study?). i finally got to run in the afternoon, but due to the lack of food and hydration i'd had throughout the day, i spent the evening nauseated before just being downright sick. what a great way to start off the new school year!

i'm still living out of my bag from the summer and sleeping in my sleeping bag on my bed. one of the people who lived in my room this summer still doesn't have all of her stuff out of the room yet, so i don't really want to start unpacking...that or i'm just being lazy. there are also two beds and four bikes in my room at present, so there's also just not a lot of space to be adding boxes. i have some ideas for how i want to change my room, so some shopping may also be necessary for closet organization purposes.

my classes all seem like they'll be interesting, but i'm still not sure exactly what i'm taking. one of the classes requires that i pass both of the aforementioned placement exams, and the other class requires that i pass the matlab exam in particular. fortunately, that was passed earlier today. tomorrow afternoon i'll take the exam on probability. i'm actually kind of excited about tomorrow, not because of the exam but because it will be friday afternoon and i'll be on campus...not in san antonio. all of last school year, i was in san antonio on fridays so i never got to go to happy hour and hang out with the other grad students. tomorrow afternoon post exam, i will be enjoying happy hour margaritas for the first time since being in texas--it's about time!