Last day of freedom!!!

So today is the last day of vacation--tomorrow starts orientation week. I forced myself up at 10am, lifted a bit with the dumbbells i brought (yea, i know...i spent 10# of my overweight luggage on 2x5# dumbbells) and spent all morning online chatting and getting my palm pilot set up for classes. We have crazy schedules that are different every day, so I needed some way of staying organized. For an idea, check out: http://www.info.med.yale.edu/phyassoc/pacals/year1.htm Anyhooo, went to Walgreens (again, seems to be my fav store for now!) and Roxanne (a new PA student I met yesterday who looks like Meena Suvari, or whatever her name is like from American Pie) called me up to go to Ikea. We called up two other students, and drove up there. It was my first Ikea experience, and let me tell you--it was INSANE!!! Ppl there are not normal! We were shoved, pushed, smushed, canned like sardines in a HUGE warehouse, with kids running and screaming and jumping on all the beds. It was chaotic to say the least! Then again, this Ikea just opened less than a month ago! Traffic and parking was horrendous as well! So we just shopped--too afraid to get into the lines, tho i wanted to try all the yummy cheap food they had. =( Came back and decided I had to statisfy my fruit craving and decided to go grocery shopping about 15 min. walk away from the dorms. Too bad it was blazin' hot, but for food, i'd do more than most ppl! So I trekked and stopped by Staples, where I've decided to buy a nice new leather manager's chair (I usually study in my dorm, so I'd like a comfy one...to doze off in....zzzzzz....) and a rug. But no car, so I told them i'll come back with a car some other day. Went to Shaw's, which is like a Safeway, and bought grapes, nectarines, peaches, apple....yummm!!! And some milk and cereal, and of course, ICE CREAM! =) Food here is MUCH cheaper than CA, like a bottle of OJ is $4.19 at home, but only $3.19 here. pretty nice deals. =) Thankfully, Roxanne called me while I was shopping and offered to pick me up. Within 5 min, my dormmate Charlene called and offered to pick me up too! My classmates are sooooo nice and friendly!!! So helpful! And I was worried about not having a car! Geez! =) Hopefully, everyone will continue to be this nice after work starts picking up. I got home, saw Roxanne's 1-bedroom apt which was GORGEOUS (she's from...Wisconsin, trucked everything over). She came over to my dorm room to use the computer (she has no ethernet yet), and liked it tho my room is totally BARE compared to her's. I ate a DISGUSTING dinner of a microwavable 99 cents chicken and salsa with rice dinner I bought at Walgreens, with some veggies I bought at Shaw's. Absolutely GROSS!!! had some milk and ice-cream (craving dairy for some reason), and tried to study, but to no avail. Ended up surfing online for a television (gotta use the free cable they give us here), and was just about to buy it, but best buy would not allow me to use my gift card online. So Charlene will give me a ride tomorrow to Best Buy, how sweet of her. =) never got to studying...and went to bed around 1am! gotta wake up at 7:45 am tomorrow!