Still suffering from my sinus cold, I’ve spent several hours trying to catch up with all my favorite weblogs. Seems that while
I was moving, I missed out on the new color test. I’m brown, the color of academia – appropriate, I guess, because I’m now a university staff member. I got my new Truman State staff ID today. It’s purple, instead of gold like the student IDs. Seeing that my ID was different really drove home that I’m no longer a student. Wow. I’m officially an adult. And a member of the administration to boot!

I’ve had to go through a bunch of rigamarole so far – lots of forms to sign and lots of university offices to visit (to set up voice mail, a computer account, my benefits package, etc). To register my car, I have to go get a safety inspection. To get a driver’s license, I have to go take the written test. They didn’t have any driving books, so I’ll have to go track one down at the public library. Brad, why didn’t you warn me that Missouri is so
confusing?

I’m living in a temporary dorm room for a week or so before moving to a temporary apartment (I think I scared the student advisor on the floor. She was going around and checking all the empty rooms and was surprised to see that a guy had moved into this all-women’s hall). The residence hall I’ll be running next year is getting plumbing work over the summer, meaning the water will be turned off, meaning I can’t move in until they’re done.

Because I didn’t want to unpack everything before I move again in a week, I’m currently using my Linux box. Ugh. I can’t use my webcam and I’m still trying to get my Palm to sync with it. I’ve had a lot of problems trying to read weblogs – all the fonts are too small. Blowing up the text doesn’t work when the designers have specified the font size. I’m glad I let users select what font size they want to use.