Heaven Scent

The drive from Nova Scotia was a long one, but I did more sleeping than driving. I let Lorne handle the New Jersey Turnpike, which he did with skill and daring, as the freezing rain under the tires and on the windscreen was no fun. Arriving in South Carolina was exciting. We opened the sunroof, enjoying the 15C temperatures and the balmy southern wind. Again we were in the land of the Southern drawl, where one sylable words become two. Music to our effecient and industrious northern speech patterns.

Take a look at our one bedroom apartment, though only until Monday until we get into our own unit (due to a water leak we have been camping out on the 6th floor with no furniture, except for our trusty air mattress and folding lawn chairs). It causes one to realize how little we need versus how much we own.

Getting settled academically has been the same old struggle with bureaucracy - running

around to pay this here and that there. However, the profs at the Faculty of Education Leadership and Policy are very helpful, as are staff at the International Centre. I may need to change a course, and would like a grad assistantship on campus, but that does not look promising. The downturn in the economy is impacting on the university, as well as it has on the Canadian dollar. Lorne and I have checked out the sports facilities and plan to get exercising tomorrow morning. We access to many pieces of exercise equipment, pools, and numerous classes. Today I snapped a few photos today of some flowers blooming beneath a magnolia tree. On my way to class I walk by rows of rosemary bushes, with their soft purple blooms and fragrant scent. Heaven scent.