Only in Doylestown

We have arrived safely and soundly in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. We are kind of settled in - at least as much as we can be.

The weather cooperated okay for us as Bruce drove the moving truck with our car towed behind and I drove our truck across the 800 miles of distance between Champaign, Illinois to Doylestown, Pennsylvania. We made sure to tighten the straps on the tow trailer at every stop. $60.00 in tolls later we exited off the Pennsylvania turnpike and found our new temporary residence.

We successfully put all of our belongings (minus a few necessary things) into a storage shed and settled into the college provided apartment on campus. I've been out of college as an undergrad for 4 years, and I forgot how wild and loud college students can sometimes be. The walls in our apartment are really thin and connect to the dorm rooms - we can pretty much hear everything that goes on through the wall, and outside. It's worse than my old dorm room. Needless to say, we are not complaining because we are grateful that we were able to be set up with this arrangement. Loud nights sure beats camping out on the street in the middle of winter.

The apartment is equipped with a double bed with bedding, a couch, a sofa, cable TV (I've enjoyed watching the Price is Right every morning), a table and chairs, a coffee table, a couple of closets, a microwave, fridge, and coffee maker.

The only thing we are missing is a stove or oven. Yes! What kind of apartment doesn't come with a stove or oven? What have we done to eat? What any prepared person would do. I searched through our storage unit until I found my crock pot, my electric griddle, and my camp stove. We ate sandwiches and soup warmed up in the microwave until I could buy some propane for our camp stove. When I went to use it the first time, I realized we didn't have any matches to light it with. The next day, I went to the store for matches. Last night I wanted to make spaghetti, but realized that the camp stove lets off carbon monoxide and shouldn't be used indoors. Rather than taking the chance of death, I set up the stove on the porch outside the apartment, put on my coat and gloves, and made spaghetti while sitting on the porch outside. That spaghetti was good and worth the frozen nose it took to make it. At least we will have some vivid memories. Our meals have become very simple, and we've realized the little things (or big things, like a stove/oven) we can live without. I suppose I can handle anything for a 2-3 weeks.

Campus is nice and small. I had to get our basketball out of the storage shed today so Bruce and I can challenge each other to a game at the campus gym - conveniently located across the street from our apartment. We have already attended a DVC Men's basketball game that we surprisingly got in for free because Bruce is faculty.

As far as finding my way around???? I desperately need a GPS or I may never find anything. I am tired of turning around, driving in circles, and nearly getting hit by cars because I don't know where I am going. The roads are extremely confusing here.

Where else can you find a hexagonal intersection? (Yes, 6 roads intersecting - each going different directions)

Only in Doylestown! :)