The first week

In a small voice: "Hi. This is Munir. And I miss you. I loovve you. Please call me. Bye."

By far one of the greatest voice mail messages ever received in the history of Corinne's cell phone, and I've gotten some pretty good ones. Melts my heart and makes me tear up a bit. All I can say is "Mooosh!" (Thank you Young sisters for this term in my vocabulary about small cute things.)
TA training this morning was interesting, I'm definitely one of the most talkative and attentive ones. But that's me in a classroom I guess. I got to have delicious Mediterranean food for lunch (which I didn't get sick from), go to the gigantic grocery store (larger than any walmart I've seen), take care of a few things around town, and then watch a movie with two of my fellow 1st years and hang out a bit. Getting to know people can be awkward. I had forgotten that. It helps to have non-math people involved to make the process easier. Or something to do. Rather than being bored, not know the town in which we live, and just being there. We ended up watching a movie. It worked. I walked so much today, I went up the big hill twice, which I happily say that I make it up in 5 minutes. For those of you that come to Ithaca, you will be impressed.
It's odd to see all the undergrads coming to campus, moving in, getting tours, etc. I had a strong urge to join the Big Red Marching Band today because it sounded like fun, then I reminded myself that I don't have 20-25 hours a week to spend on band, undergrad is over, and now I have such things like TA-ing multivariable calculus for engineers (2 classes with 2 recitations a week) and taking some of the hardest math classes ever. hmm, not much time for marching band.
But, I found green tea ice cream today!!!! Not as good as Blue Cactus, but it will definitely satisfy cravings. And, the Cornell Dairy Bar has Sticky Bunz ice cream, which is.... Cinammon ice cream with a caramel swirl and pecans. Is this not "Help Corinne make it without Marble Slab" or what? :) I'm happy. It's hard not knowing where to eat out, but it will get better. I can't wait until my freezer is fixed so I can get more stuff to eat.
I love my apartment more day by day, after seeing the grad student housing again a few times. Even though I'm farther from certain people, I like my apartment much better. yay for good decisions with little information.
I'm so sleepy, I'm still getting used to my new room and my bed in that room, like not having a wall on one side of my bed, and my bed slightly moving when I'm in it because it's on wheels on hardwood (instead of carpet like before), it's a weird feeling. You think of bed being stable, but this is not and I can't figure out how to make it. I have little casters underneath, but it still wheels around in the casters... Oh well, it's exciting, huh?
I think I will listen to my voice mail message again before sleep. I just love those little boys. And I love many of you too, you know who you are!