Pizza for breakfast

Ok, I promise my next posts will have more substance than the past two. It's just that I'm adjusting to student life again. It is a nice transition that I highly recommend to anyone. After a couple of years of "being out", it is refreshing to be back in the classroom, having assigned readings and doing research. I'm looking forward to a possible assistantship, either as a teacher or a researcher with the PoliSci department. I will probably hear back from them next week and I can hardly wait! Besides, that will get me some much-needed additional income. I say "additional" but I really don't have any other than the financial aid that I already received. I'm trying to budget wisely so that I wont have to starve in December if I run out of cash at the end of the semester.
Then again, there are always tasty perks for being a student. Tomorrow I'll be having pizza for breakfast (and probably the next couple of days too) compliments of Papa Johns. Today Pizza was $1 with a valid student ID!

Lost my Air Pump

Funny how little things can make you sad. Today I lost my bike's air pump at school. It must have fallen off my backpack somehow. Damn. I paid $5 for it on a clearance sale, but I know I won't be able to find another one of that size for less than $40 or $50

The Storm

It's hard to believe it is the same sky. Here I am, at almost 90 degrees, witnessing a beautiful, sunny, and very hot day. I can't believe New Orleans is underwater.

Home

This week I learnt that I can take home (or at least part of it) wherever I go.
I took great pleasure in unpacking my stuff at the new apartment in San Antonio. It was almost like Christmas. Opening every box took forever, because I would find things that reminded me of people...Friends, family, places...
Waking up the next day I felt unusually comfortable in this new place, unknown to me until yesterday, yet familiar because of the furniture, the pictures on the walls, and all of my belongings.
I felt at home. I can't really describe it, but it seemed as if I had always lived here...more like, I belonged here, and this is the place where I was meant to be.
I suppose those are good things if you're going to be in a new town where you don't know anybody, where you're starting a new life. I hope I can post more often again, I get my connection at home on Friday. For now I'm using the wireless network at school, but I have to ride my bike back home so I better get going, it's dark outside, it's almost 11 pm...