Wow, I’m back in college!

After the pulley fiasco, the Subaru performed beautifully, and I made it to California around noon last Friday. That was one long drive – I don’t think I’ll be doing that again.

The Stanford campus is beautiful, as is the weather. My apartment, part of the Rains houses, is southeast of the main academic part of campus. I am about a mile from where most of my classes will be held, but I’m still on Stanford property.

Have I mentioned how beautiful the Stanford campus is? The landscaping alone is worth the price of attendance. Things look pretty good even in the student housing.

How about a tour of my apartment? There are two ways to approach. The first passes by some nice plants:

The second, well… it also passes by some nice plants:

My apartment is on the third floor. It’s the corner unit in the above photo. There are four bedrooms, so I will have three roommates. None of them have arrived. Upon walking in the main door, we find the living room and dining room:

Looking left, we find a kitchen:

Walking past the kitchen and bathroom, we get to my room:

It’s not huge, but it’s adequate:

Classes start in about two weeks. The time between then and now will be spent relaxing, getting to know people, and working on some pet projects. Like more blog posting.