Quick update

ok everyone, i don't have a lot of time b/c my dad's still here and we have a lot of work to finish (he leaves tomorrow and we're still putting up new blinds, outside lights, hanging stuff, etc etc etc etc ad nauseum) . here's the reader's digest version of the past week (has it only been 1 week?)
last sat: picked up liesl and we drove out. driving with a trailer is intense (but i got EVERything in there, thank god). the cats meowed (mainly thessie) a ton so we let them out and viola! they were so happy. they spent the entire trip sleeping in the backseat on liesl's duffel bag.

last monday: got to the cottage. hooray! unpacked, it was so hot in here. we couldnt figure out how to turn on the AC. sucky. we wander the area, get stuff situated, etc.
tuesday: got paint, found the target, found the lowe's, drove around, etc. painted the office pink (where i am now-- so cute!). painted bedroom light gray but its really lavender (grrr) so whatever.
wed- ran into my grad student, wendy, at the ams building totally by accident! crazy. got the AC to work (had a guy come out only to tell me there's a ON switch. yeah i feel dumb. and he charged my landlady $110, but she seems ok with it). also learned my Sprint service doesnt really work in the house. Verizon, however, does, so i may be switching.

thurs- went to the outlet malls nearby (FUN)! took wendy out to dinner!
fri- went to the norfolk mall, h&m was a letdown. picked up my dad, went out to dinner.
sat.-- dad and i spent a ton of $ at lowes, etc. and started fixing up the house
sun- same as yesterday
tomorrow-- orientation!!
wed-- CLASSES START
ahhhHHHhhHHHHHhh!!

my brain still doesnt get the fact that i live in Virginia. so weird. i will be writing more later but have to go now!! xoxo my dears