Orientation

I was supposed to go to various orientation sessions yesterday and today, but it turned out that I spend yesterday driving from Asheville instead. Then I unpacked stuff until late into the night, so I got up late this morning. Then it took so long to get to the park-and-ride and into campus that I missed most of today too. Judging by the quality of the getting-to-know-the-area session put on by the chamber of commerce and the campus tour I took this afternoon, though, I didn't miss very much.

I went to a social for new grad students this evening, but after a short while standing around wishing I was someplace else, I made it happen. I was apparently misinformed about the availability of free food.

I'm loving my new laptop, especially combined with wireless networking. I even have a wireless mouse attached right now. My old desktop machine had an ungodly rats nest of wires behind it. Right now there's not a wire in sight, and I like it.