Oriented.

Last night, I finally wrapped up a week or so of orientation activities at Pratt. While most of the meetings and workshops were pretty dull (how many times does the Nurse Practitioner from Health and Counseling need to advertise free condoms and lube?), I did get a chance to meet some pretty awesome people from a handful of different departments. And, since hanging out with said people usually involves making the trek to Pratt's Brooklyn campus, I'm learning about that neighborhood as well - which, given that all my classes are on the Manhattan campus, I didn't think I'd really get a chance to do. So, mind-numbing presentations from the Registrar's office aside, it was a pretty good week.

In terms of classes ... I've only been contacted by one professor, who told us to buy a book and read a chapter of it before we meet for the first time. Other than that, I have no idea what I'm supposed to expect. But, judging from the conversations I've had with other students, neither does anyone else. So I'm not too worried.

Next step: back-to-school shopping! The thrill of shiny new notebooks and pencils never dies.