As promised

Pictures!

I finally got my phone to send pictures to my email. Roundabout way to post pictures on a blog, but I think that makes the pictures that much more brilliant.

First, my humble abode:

This is the view when you first walk in the door. There are two windows on the left wall, that little door is a bathroom, and my bed and

two other dressers (they gave me three dressers?!) are to the right. Very exciting, I know.

So if you were to turn your head to the right, just a bit, you would see this next image:

Let's call this dresser #1. Most of my clothes are in this one. The rest are hanging up in the closet, which has a curtain instead of a door. You can see it in the first picture.

This picture was taken from my bed. So dresser #2 serves as my bedside table. There's nothing in the drawers. I have entirely too many drawers in this room. Maybe I'll just put one shirt in each drawer. Or collect things. Suggestions for collections to possibly fill my many drawers can be entered in the 'Comments' section. :] Maybe I'll hold a contest. Maybe I won't...

So dresser #3:

Anywho, next picture:

This is my bed. Obviously. I've discovered that the top part of that window doesn't actually close all the way... Slight issue. Recently its been rather rainy here. I hope you all have had nice weather than here in Maryland. Its raining right now, actually. My first night we had an excellent thunderstorm (you called it, Dad!). This was lovely, as I really enjoy falling asleep during thunderstorms. (This is not sarcasm, really!) Last night was also rainy, so Cletus the goat decided that the driest place was outside my window. Goat was probably right, there's this plastic awning/overhang thing. Ronald* also decided outside my window was a good place to smoke and converse with the night. At first this was fine. I felt a little creepy listening to his conversations while sitting on my large expanse of new carpet attempting to browse the internet. (Internet here = slow and intermittent) After awhile, though, my room smelled too much like smoke. Normally, cigarette smoke doesn't bother me. After long enough, though, my lungs were unhappy and my tongue tasted horrific. Didn't have the heart to ask him to move, though. Especially because, when I say he was conversing with the night, I actually mean Ronald was conversing with Ronald. It was amazing how long he sat there, alone, telling himself stories. He talked about everything from his childhood (apparently, his older sister was not very nice) to the Apocalypse. He began each story by asking himself if he remembered what so-and-so had said, or the time when such-and-such ridiculous thing happened. After a few hours, I felt like I had known Ronald for years.

So the following two pictures are my bathroom. Yes, bask in its glory. And also the final wall. That's my bed before I'd finished making it and unpacking. Fascinating, I know. Actually, you can see the excellent space bags that Leslye's lovely parents gave me during finals week. Forever in your debt, Mr. and Mrs. Penticoff, as space bags are so incredibly useful!

So I mentioned earlier the large expanse of floor in my room. Last night I got to relive my favorite math, Algebra. Hannah is a junior in high school here in Elkton/Earleville. Her mom brought her over to see if I could help her with her math homework. She was working on negative exponents. I invited her to take a seat, on my large floor. (I only have one chair, no tables, and three dressers, so I was not being rude and cheating her out of real seating!) We worked through her homework, and I felt really helpful. Mostly she probably thinks I am a huge dork, but also we had fun. Hannah is very thin, and apparently falls asleep in math class. I can't blame her, I am guilty of the same. She seems shy at first, and I don't think she has realized her full potential yet, either in academics or as a young woman. I wonder what high school is like for kids at Clairvaux. Her math binder was Hannah Montana-themed, which I can't convince myself was her first choice for binder decor. I hope I get to spend more time with Hannah this summer.

*I have decided to change the names of the residents, to protect their privacy. (edited 6/19)