Hot off driving 3500 miles, driving another 190 to see my mom's chorus perform in Columbus, Ohio doesn't seem so bad. I'm taking her back with me tomorrow afternoon, to show her around town, and she's promised to help me put together the rest of the IKEA furniture.

I feel bad though: now that I have a thermometer and hygrometer in my wall, I know that it's the 78% humidity in the mornings along with the 78 degree temps that make this place so uncomfortable. Window fans aren't going to arrive until Monday, and my job this morning before going to Columbus is to get a futon for my living room.

Still, the current discomfort is only temporary: Next month the average high dips from 82 degrees to 74, and on to 64 in October, until January when the average daily high just inches over freezing at 34 degrees. I'm sure I'll long for days like today soon enough.

Only two days to orientation. I could use some orientation...