Sunday, June 7, 2009
I have arrived at Norwich University!
Vermont is a very beautiful, majestic place like never I have ever seen. I have been to a lot of places, but Vermont is very unique. The mountains and pastoral farms have my undivided attention. I am sure lots of photos will follow. But not right now. I am beat!
I got to Burlington, VT last night about 10:30pm. After grabbing my luggage and a car, I hit the road. It was almost an hour to my hotel. Since I missed the exit, I added another 30 minutes to the trip. I was beat. I had been up since very early that morning and was running on about four hours of sleep. I knew that when I finally found the hotel, I would pass out.
Instead, I lay in the bed until 5am unable to go to sleep. At 5am here on the northeast coast of the USA, the sun evidently rises and is fully operational at 5am. I learned this the hard way. At 5am I was able to pass out for a few hours.
I got to Norwich at 1pm for check in. I met some people including the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies. I also met several of my classmates. This part is very exciting to me, and I am sure it only gets better as the week goes along.
The weather here is great. When I left Texas, it was getting up to around 90 degrees by 11am. The temperature has been fluctuating between 55 and 70 here today. It did drizzle a little bit, but who cares? This is great weather.
We rounded out the night with a big welcome ceremony. We saw a “past and present” slide that was very cool. I can tell that this residency and the on-campus experience that I anticipate will make all the hard work well worth it.
Right now I am going to get some sleep. I will write again Monday evening.