orientation part ii - TAing

today was the TA orientation. it was...an orientation. not much to say there. i was slightly annoyed that the sessions didn't start/end on time. but that's me just being my type-a, organized, "particular" (as my cohort says, as opposed to "anal") self. there were some useful tidbits in the sessions too, so it's not a total loss. just annoying.

the fun thing about today was meeting the rest of my cohort (save one). of course, i've already met shawn, laura, marianne, dan, and courtney (the last of whom was lucky enough to skip out on today...). today, i met irene, kathryn, dustin and ayse. fun times. we all had lunch together with bob (the grad director) and sandy (grad secretary and savior of our lives at school...). it was nice. and free. gotta love free lunch.

i'm really excited about the semester now that i'm making friends and beginning to form an identity here. a lot of us are in the same classes together (well, obviously, there's the prereq courses). we'll get to know each other really well :-). AND i found out today that i'm not the only student living in my town. dustin and his wife live here too. of course, bob mentioned that most of the first years live in amherst. everyone else eventually moves to northampton ;-). woo-hoo.

'twill be a lazy labor day weekend (haha, ironic). shawn and i (plus laura/summer?) are going hiking tomorrow and sunday i try out a *new* church. monday i will sleep my lazy butt away for tuesday is the departmental orientation and wednesday is the first day of classes. anymore of these orientation things and i may begin to quote bureaucratic mumbo jumbo in my sleep...