Buried under boxes and melting in the heat....

...is basically how I would describe my life currently. I had the incredible luck to move into my new apartment (last Monday) on a record-setting day....for heat. The temperature reached 105F, which beat the previous record of 102 set in 1954. Global-warming? Yeah, not such a theoretical thing to me anymore...

Anyway, yes, I'm alive and well here in Nashville. I'm currently writing from the university library public-access section (since I don't have an ID card yet). Internet access around here is apparently hard to find and my DSL hasn't been set up yet so, I'm going through some serious cyber-withdrawal. Pretty much everything is out of it's prospective box and in it's rightful place in the house, which is nice, though the pile of empty boxes is still covering a corner of my dining room. It's actually an attractive place-- I think I did okay for myself. I'm enjoying living alone for the first time in my life. No offense to roomates-past but, there's something to be said for solitude, quiet, privacy and....let's face it...the fact that I can walk around naked all day long if I really want to (and the blinds are drawn)! It's rather awesome. I'm sure the loneliness bug will bite me soon but, since classes start in about a week, I'll be able to drown myself in work-- as usual.

So...the South. Well, it's a different world down here, that's for sure. People are VERY friendly...sometimes to the point of being a bit invasive and a bit more touchy-feeling than I'm used to but, I guess that's just the "Yankee bitch" in me talking, haha. Living here for 5+ years will surely be a sociological experiment. My family and friends are already taking bets on how soon I'll absorb the "southern drawl" that is oh-so-prevalent here. The answer is...NEVER! That's one accent I've never taken to...I prefer to have a boring, non-descript, news anchor kind of speech that can't really be identified with a particular region. I know, I know...very snobby of me, but I just don't enjoy the way the southern accent sounds....or any other North American accent, actually. Anyway, I'm babbling now so, I'll get off this computer and head back out onto the surface of the sun....more to come! Hope all is well with everyone! I miss you guys...