I went to church yesterday. The first time going to a normal church service after leaving Barakel is always odd. There's a sense of "outsiderness" that is completely foreign to a chapel at Barakel. And it isn't the church's fault. It was a nice church.

The man wearing Rob Bell glasses greeted me cheerily and handed me a bulletin. I was immediately greeted by several people. They were all very friendly in a non-smothery way, just the way I like it (none of them randomly hugged me, I was relieved). I love singing with others. I'm glad I went. I might go back.

Today was the first day of orientation. Katie Cupcake and I arose early, dressed, and left the house twenty minutes before we needed to. We talked about our military fathers and how they trained us from a young age to arrive everywhere early.

Campus is less than a mile away down a well-traveled street, so the daily walk promises to be fairly safe and fun. We had a good time walking this morning. After orientation, we took a bit of a detour and stopped by our offices. Thrillingly, I have an office all to myself, which is not so common. I'm pretty excited. There may have been exclamations of joy and excitement among the three of us who were there as we ran up and down the hallways comparing offices.

More orientation tomorrow. (I'm doing homework tonight - and loving it!)