In My New Home City

After the drive to Philly, dinner with my brother and parents, and (starting to) unpack, I am too tired to write much. But so far things are going very well.

1) The textbooks I ordered online, which were originally sent to the wrong address, arrived at my brother's apartment last week.
2) Even though my guest room in the apartment is very small and lacks a dresser, I found places for my everyday clothes and office supplies. I accepted that many of the things I thought I would need for the first month can be left in their boxes until my brother moves to his new house (also in Philly).
3) My room in the new house (see above), which I move into next month, is spacious, has nice views, and has lots of closets. Also, I have my own bathroom for the first time ever, which is more exciting than I would have thought.
4) My brother and sister-in-law's two cats have accepted me and did not interfere with my unpacking at all. Other than sniffing the boxes (probably because they smelled like my cats), they didn't push anything off a table or try to play with fragile things.

And, number 5) my wonderful SIL put clean sheets on the bed in my room, so I didn't have to make the bed. All I did was lay my wool crocheted blanket on top of it.

I hope that I will find the time to write about my new city some more before classes start, and/or to get a little more work done on The Fiennes. If that doesn't happen, I'll just be happy to enjoy my last lazy days before the summer semester starts.