Thanks for the mail

I just wanted to thank everyone who has sent snail mail since I moved in. I put everything on the windowsill in my bedroom and every time I see them I smile!

Exciting news for the day - my roommate and I bought not one but TWO couches yesterday off of craigslist. The first one we got needs a little work (like de-stinking) but the second one is in amazing condition (see below)! Our living room is almost complete now - just need a coffee table and some fun pillows. I promise not to post every day, I'm just in the blog honeymoon phase at the moment...

Finally a real weekend!

So after seven pitiful excuses for weekends (sitting at home watching tv) I've had in Miami so far I finally had a great one! Friday I went to lunch with some people from my division after our seminar and then we went to the beach (my first real trip to the beach here!!) I haven't really made friends in any of my classes yet - except my roommate who is AMAZING - but it was nice to meet some other people.

Saturday I had tickets to a wine tasting but the girl who was going to go with me backed out. I asked everyone at lunch Friday and a girl from my class said she could go. We had a great time! We were still hungry after the tasting so we went to a really good sushi place afterwards, and finished with a coconut crème brulée. Yum! Great weekend!

My entry into the blogosphere!

In my silly little head there are a few people that would like to know what I'm up to now that I live in sunny Miami. Whether or not that is true is irrelevant - if no one else reads this thing then it's simply here so I can remember what I've been up to...