I Wore My Sunglasses Today

Someone asked me today at lunch how I was settling in. And you know? Really quite nicely.
I've been here for two full weeks and I think this past weekend everything kind of fell into place. All it took was a little Friday night Karaoke.

I missed breakfast again. I'm going to get that stupid race car clock today.

I've made dinner twice now with some friends. Some of us had a little midnight jam session. I've joined the HMC Film Society that meets on Sunday nights. I'm organizing a group of people to go to a jive this Thursday. I'm going sky diving February 21st with the Oxford Sky Diving Society. I'm going to a Quaker Friend's meeting tomorrow morning. I'm taking videos of the usual walks I make around campus and the city. I'm getting to know students and educators and shop owners.

I even have a few friends who will go with me to the Eagle and Child. I don't have to go alone. One of them invited me to go with him to his favorite breakfast place.

I just feel good about it all.

I love the days here and I love the cold. I love the kind of cold it is here. It's constantly between 33 and 49 degrees. it's perfect for a sweater, jacket, and scarf. Maybe a hat if I haven't washed my hair. It's an invigorating kind of chill which is very strange for me. Usually if it drops below 59 I'm miserable. My blood is slowing in my veins. My mind is shutting down for hibernation. But not here. With a new places comes new habits. Oh I've still got many of the old ones like procrastination, easily lead into distraction, and general preoccupation with dancing.

But new good habits too. I eat an apple every day between lunch and dinner. I eat a fruit corner yogurt every day at lunch. I generally am up for breakfast. I do a little yoga a couple times a week. I walk every where, which is more because I don't have another option, but it's so nice to walk.

It's so good and so beautiful.