Some Observations

These are some random observations from the day, in no particular order.

1. It's slightly after 8pm, and the temperature is 61 degrees. It's supposed to be in the 60s and 50s most of the week.
2. When you cook and freeze black beans, and then use them later in black bean soup, the texture is perfect. The cooking/freezing procedure would not work so well for other things, I think.
3. Bloomington is much nicer (ie quieter) during break, when all the students are gone. This makes me look forward to the summer.
4. My current apartment has been rented for next school year already. This is in spite of the fact that the roof leaks, the neighborhood is loud, it has no real insulation and only single pane windows, it's heated with cheap (read inefficient) wall-mounted electric heat. The new guy was quite happy, as this was larger and nicer than most things he'd looked at.
5. This says much about the state of the rental market in town and the lack of all but really basic code requirements. It's like a third world country right here in the US, and makes Montana look reasonable and quite humane. I am not looking forward to trying to find something for only half the year. (Most leases are from August to August, and are not flexible, which would be why my apartment will be with the new guy and not me.)
6. Classes start tomorrow, and I am generally looking forward to the semester.
7. I'm hoping that since the woman who has my tuition remission destiny in the palm of her hand will be back in her office tomorrow that the whole bursar bill/financial fiasco will be unraveled by the end of the week.