arrival!

Well, I'm finally here- all in once piece and with all my baggage. The flight was interesting, to say the least; the last six or so rows of the plane were all students on the group flight. I didn't get a lot of sleep- the flight was highlighted by a guy in the row in front of me having a medical emergency and yelling "help!" really loudly in the middle, causing all the lights to go on for the rest of the flight. Didn't help to be sitting in the middle of the center row- next time I'll remember to ask for a less irritating seat. Oh, and the turbulence didn't really help matters either. It was a good idea to put a masking tape X on the bag, though- made baggage claim way easier.

Chelsea (roommate one of three) was on the flight with me, so we met up at the baggage claim and took a cab together to our flat. Expensive, but totally worth it- we were so out of it that we didn't even recognize the building when he dropped us off; I don't think we would have made it here if we were navigating on our own. We explored the building, played around in our room, discovered that the internet doesn't really work, and failed to set up our phones before each taking a nap for an hour and then unpacking all our stuff. Julie (roommate two of three) just got here, and is unpacking now.

The room is great (in my opinion, which isn't much, considering the housing I've had at Wellesley). It's pretty big for four people and has huge windows and lots of light, as well as a great view of the national history museum. We have a little bathroom to ourselves and then there's a kitchen down the hall and down some stairs. Pictures are forthcoming, of course.

We're going on a walking tour in an hour and then we have a flat meeting for two hours (and we thought our hall meetings at Wellesley were long/bad, gosh). I'm planning on sleeping as soon as possible tonight because my brain feels like mush. We don't start classes until Thursday, so that's plenty of time to settle in and run around- no need to do it tonight.