Also, amazed that there is still an airport cafe where I can get a solid coffee, water, and bfast croissant for under 15 dollars (with kind staff, to boot) AND they have nice seats where I can hopefully squeeze in 20 mins or so of work before boarding.

Shoutout to the kind employee who explained to me, step by step, how to get there—not sure I would have made it without him!

Indeed, bsky for me is the proverbial workplace water cooler 😅 I do like instagram which is where I tend to connect with friends, most of whom are not academics. But agreed, lessening social media use overall is great for quality of life! Though I miss hearing from you. Hope all is well!

though many here have told me it doesn’t snow “too much” in the winter 😅

I got my dose of “warm” winters in LA during grad school (it does get cold in the winter, especially since older homes there tend not to have central heating) but I missed the cold and snow, so glad to be back in these climes! Waiting to see just how much I have to shovel before getting too excited,

I love the cold! Though trying to recalibrate my senses after being in the South for the past two years 😁

On top of the fact that I ran into a senior colleague from a different department on the elevator this AM—someone completely new to me—who greeted me and wished me a good day. Little gestures like this definitely make me feel more at home here, even in the midst of my very first semester!

This reminds me of the total breakdown of my telecomm provider in Korea a few years back, they got hacked bc their password was 1234 😂😭💀

Shannon is so close, too, to NCH! And what a shake-up for Cville, considering how small the town is.

So sorry to hear this 😢