I’ve finally arrived at Ithaca and gotten established. My whole day up until about 4:00 was just one big run-on sentence: Since my flight last night was cancelled, I was on standby for a flight this morning, but I didn’t get on it because it was full, and everything else to Ithaca was full because they had a whole extra planeload of people on standby, so I went to Syracuse instead to get the shuttle to Ithaca, but they told me there was no shuttle (or flight!) to Ithaca, but then I called the Office of International Programs here at Ithaca and my good friend Diana told me there is so a shuttle, and gave me the number to call, and I called them, and the shuttle was there waiting already so I got on just in time, and then we drove to Ithaca and the guy driving got lost a few times dropping people off, but I finally got to the office at Ithaca where I was to pick up my keys and my day started making more sense. Also, somewhere in there one of my bags got lost, so Newark is tracking it down and in the meantime I have no clean underpants.

Regardless, my day at Ithaca has been pretty good. I happily had my first shower in 60 hours, and the food in the meal hall is excellent. Mandatory orientation starts tomorrow, so that’s my next thing, I guess. No sign of my roommate yet, but I guess he’s on his way. I think I’ll go to bed now.