Greetings From SC!

Hey y'all!  Sorry I've been MIA these last couple weeks, but now that I'm pretty much settled in here at Clemson, I should be back to posting on a more regular basis.  Now, I know I said I wasn't going to use this blog as a diary of my life, but I figured I owe it to my readers, after not posting in quite a while, to let them know that I made it down here in one piece, though I was kinda out of it after surviving the 10-hour overnight drive to get down here from Pennsylvania.  I've got a pretty nice apartment on campus - kinda small, but it suits me just fine (despite the occasional appearance of bugs, though it's not been as frequent these days now that I've sprayed around the place), and my roommate is a pretty chill guy.  I've made a lot of new friends within the math department, and we hang out quite a bit.  I'm taking three classes - Abstract Algebra, Math Programming, and Probability - and they seem all right so far, though it's only been three school days into the semester, so it's a little too soon to tell.  I'm also teaching two recitation sections of Precalculus as a teaching assistant, and though I'm not looking forward to the 7 a.m. TA meetings every Monday morning, I'm really excited for my first classes on Tuesday.  I bought a season ticket for football last week, and like everyone else down here, I'm pumped for that as well, especially since we didn't have a football team at Loyola.  The only complaint I have is the humidity, which makes the commute to class rather uncomfortable.  I'm so glad my parents bought me a bike when I got here, because it makes getting around so much easier.  All in all, I think I'm doing pretty well here at Clemson, and I'm looking forward to what I'm sure is going to be an awesome first year of grad school! 

Stay frosty, y'all!  B-)