Update and photos for family and friends

closet shot

The bathroom sink

I think I got the extra-tall shower

Towels!

Making do with what I have.  I present to you... my nightstand!

The bed.  Now with sheets!

My view

Bookshelf and workstation

Second closet shot.  It's bigger than it looks

A desert garden

More desert greenery

The science and engineering library

Wildcat Stadium off in the distance

A very pink private school across from the campus

The main library

First things first, I want to shout out to all my wonderful family and friends back in Oregon; I miss you already!  That being said, I like Tucson very much.

The last 36 hours have been hectic.  My parents brought me to the airport on Saturday morning and after eating breakfast at the Rose City Grill, they said goodbye to me.  My last few days in Oregon were good ones.  I spent a lot of time with the people I love.  

The flight to Tucson only took about four hours.  My layover in Phoenix was short, and on the connecting flight I got to talk golf with an electrician from Vancouver, B.C.  Upon my arrival, I had to do the normal move-in stuff and then I just wanted to nap on my bare mattress.  Two suitcases really can't hold very much and my room looked pretty sparse once I got everything unloaded.  I had no sheets and no pillows.  After dozing off for a few minutes, I got to meet my two roommates.  One, Lance, is 22-year old Chinese man who has only been stateside for two weeks.  His English is mediocre but he seems nice (And yes, Dad, he actually did cook me dinner last night.  Authentic Chinese food.  Not a deep friend egg roll in sight).  The other, Ben, is... well, he didn't stay very long and he spent the night at a hotel with his parents but... the best way I can describe him is to imagine the nerdiest looking guy you can think of and then take just a shade off of that only because he wasn't wearing a pocket protector.  

After meeting these guys, I took a tour of the campus and took some pictures.  I love the U of A campus.  The architecture is a little like OSU except everything is on a grand scale.  It is HUGE.  After my impromptu campus tour, I had dinner with Lance and then went out for drinks with a  2L who I spent some time with when I took my campus tour last March.  She is a unique and multi-layered woman, and I had a blast with her.  We started talking to three locals while at the bar (a really cool spot) and I got to learn a little about Tucson while talking with them about Portland beers.  

Today, I took the shuttle over to Target and bought some things for the apartment.  I took some pics of my slightly less sad-looking room.  That's it so far.  Today I have to read over a case and go check out some bicycles at the shop down the road. 

Cheers,

Andy