The Eagle Has Landed

'Kay. This has been quite the crazy couple of weeks.

I've successfully secured lodging--with roommates--and have spent the last five (or so) days traveling with my father. Both of us are still alive, and we both seem to still like each other. I'll tell you all about the tire blow-out, the unplanned detour through downtown Newark in a 15-foot long rental truck, and my blow-up during the attempted return of said rental truck as I get more time. Dad left from Liberty International Airport at 11:15 this morning and should arrive home sometime this afternoon, depending on delays out of Atlanta.

But the moral of the story is, I'm on the ground, moved in (mostly), have my first reading assignments, and I am totally ready to go.