Getting Settled In

Starting to get settled into my new place, it’s a studio apartment.  Not bad, I just wish the wireless was a little faster, but hey I’m a geek right.  Those of you future students coming on, make sure that you stay at Oakwood, so far the customer service has been excellent and the places are nice.  Okay now I need to make a shopping list.  Can’t afford to eat out for every meal, prices are a little higher here than central Iowa.  Coffee is number one on the list!  Let’s see my room is on the second floor with a nice little patio as well. 

This is the view from the kitchen

 This is the view from the sliding glass door

So here are a few pictures of my room.  As you can see Tom the Tabby is on the bed.  Funny story behind Tom, I should start with we have a couple of cats and one of them would usually sleep with me at night.  He would lay next to me with his head on my arm and expect me to pet him all night.  Well you get used to the warm little fur ball next to you at night and the purring is actually a little hypnotic… but back to the point, many years ago I was away on a business trip and one night I was talking with my daughter on the phone and she asked how I slept.  I said it was okay, I missed Snickers (the cat) sleeping next to me.  So, when I got home at the end of the week, Jolene and Crystal had gone to Build a Bear and I had Tom the Tabby waiting for me.  So happens that I was on travel over Father’s Day and Tom was my Father’s Day/Welcome back gift.  So now whenever I travel anywhere I always take Tom with me!
Tonight we have a welcome reception for the new class, officially the 120^th Specialist Class.  So tonight I will be able to meet some of my class mates.  I’ll share how that goes later.