It's a cute neighborhood, but....

This morning at 7am, I left my home in Roslyn, PA and traveled to the beautiful and magnificent Athens. Sadly, I am not referring to Athens, Greece, but rather Athens, Georgia. (Which is still beautiful, even in the rain.)
I arrived to Atlanta's airport at about 11am and had to navigate to baggage claim. I had no idea at the time, but the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta airport is (one of) the largest airports in the US, which totally explains the need for trains to transport people to and from terminals. Luckily, I just had to jump on the train and ride it to the end of the line to baggage claim. I will probably not be as lucky when I am leaving Atlanta for Philly....

First sight of GA

Around 11:20am, I headed outside to find the shuttle to Athens. Thankfully it was directly next to baggage claim. Once I was outside, a very nice man started talking to me about my flight and where I was headed. He was a shuttle driver and wanted to make sure I was in the right place because apparently I looked a bit lost (I think that's just the way my face is sometimes....). My shuttle arrived around 11:30am and a man I did not know, but was getting on the same shuttle, opened the door for me and helped me into the van. That right there is something that should happen everyone. I know that some people are that sweet, but more people should take notes on this whole southern hospitality thing...
After an hour and a half in the car, the shuttle pulled into South Campus at the University of Georgia: my home for the next two months. The campus is HUGE. I was overwhelmed (and still kind of am) and have only seen a small portion of it. Over 38,000 people attend UGA. That's a little over 15 times the amount of students that attend Arcadia. I'm still having a hard time wrapping my head around that....

My home for the next two months.

Anyway, once I arrived, I walked to Myers Hall (about a 2 minute walk from where I was dropped off) to pick up my room key. The building is pretty nice, although my room feels slightly like a prison. But hey, I have my own bathroom so that's pretty darn exciting. I spent the first half hour unpacking and setting up my bed. It took me less time to get settled in here than it did when I arrived in Observatory last summer.... (It took me 2 weeks to unpack last summer....) After unpacking, I decided to test out my bed and took a nap. It's not my bed at home, but I think I will manage for 2 months =P

Brought a little piece of home with me <3

Around 3:45pm, I headed to the lobby to meet the other staff members.
(I forgot to mention that I will be working as a Residence Hall Leader for the Duke TIP program and will be overseeing Residents and Resident Counselors, similarly to my job as a Senior Resident Assistant this past year.)
There were 7 people who were already on campus. We are all overseeing different parts of the program. The Resident Counselors will move in on Tuesday I believe and the students will move in on Friday.
We sat around chatting until about 5:15pm and then headed into town for dinner. We went to a pub called Trappeze. It was very..... hip. I liked it though. While we were in the car heading over, my boss mentioned something about piercings and how she is a firm believer that people with piercings are some of the nicest people. She said she has had more positive interactions with people who have piercings than with people who do not have them. I couldn't help but to smile and agree with her.
Dinner was pretty good. I had a 'pub burger' with arugula, cheese, and mayo with fries and garlic aioli.
After dinner, my supervisor took a few of us to Target and gave us a little tour of Athens as we drove through it. It looks like a pretty cute town. Unfortunately, it's not the safest area. She told us not to go running at night for that reason. Good thing I don't really run....
Tomorrow we start preparing for the first term of RCs and students. I'm excited since today was kind of boring. However, I am not excited to get started at 8:30am.
With that being said, I think I'm going to sign off. 

I'm going to try to post everyday, but I am not sure how hectic everything is going to get.
Until next time,
A

Cool taps

My pub burger