After a 3.2 day trek across the USA mom and I (and my bike) made it to Virginia. My initial assessment of the state is positive. It's very green, very humid, and there are loads of lovely bike trails. One of my hopes in coming out here is that I will encounter more diversity. I certainly found it in Walmart on my second day. I don't think there were any employees there who weren't black. I'm also told that one of my schools is 75% Hispanic (I knew I should have taken Spanish classes). It's going to be fun! I'm very excited to learn. Here are a few things I have learned so far:
1. When merging on the freeway... you do not have the right-of-way. It's the craziest thing. I was under the impression that when you are driving along the freeway and someone is trying to merge on you either speed up or slow down so that they can come on. Right? Wrong! When driving around D.C. it's the responsibility of the merger to figure out how to fit in. No space? No luck :P
2. Living in a hotel is fun. I live in a hotel. Really, it feels just like a hotel! The only exception is there isn't someone to make may bed for me every day. Other than that it's the same. I'll probably write an entire post on what it's like to live here. I love having access to a gym and pools!
3. Recycle. I was chatting with some new friends here and telling them of my progress in getting moved in. I said, "I've finished unpacking, I just have a few boxes to throw away." I was very quickly corrected. "Oh, you mean you need to recycle the boxes?" Point taken. The boxes will be recycled.
More adventures to come...
