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I've been quite the busy bee. In the past few days I've been to New Haven and back, leased my new apartment, furnished it with some small trinkets (no large furniture yet, as I went up there by myself for a short training session and only took the essentials to move in). The apartment is really great. The landlords couldn't be more friendly or accomodating. I was at ease the moment my feet crossed the threshold and I sat down at my new (new to me anyways) kitchen table (I bought the table from the owners). It was a bit odd to see the place for the first time on my own, but a nice meditative experience (and then i called Jake about 2.5 seconds later). So i moved in, went to IKEA (for the necessaries: shower curtain, bathroom rug, salt n' pepper shakers...), and listened to the radio as i unpacked dishes and mentally decorated the apartment with IKEA furniture. So now i'm back in the 'ol Pittsburgh office, chomping away at my sesame square bagel with veggie cream cheese (YUM!), and sippin Green Mountain coffee (i loooove that Brueggers sells Green Mountain Coffee). I feel like i lead some double life with 2 homes...it's an odd feeling. All this back and forth stuff nearly makes me mentally sea-sick. I'll be glad when I'm moved in and settled. I woke up yesterday morning to sunshine beaming in through all three kitchen windows. It was interesting to be able to look out one window and see a hardware store, and through another to see a highway past the buildings, and look out yet another to see the city. I've been a suburbian dweller all my life. Time to see what city livin is like. Hope i like it...and hope i don't spend all my money on coffee!!