Spent a lot of today outside. Toured the campus after dropping off a bag of “field” clothes on my desk in my new office. Showed Greg “Davie Poplar” which is a large tree in one of the quads on campus. Apparently “as long as Davie Poplar stands, the University of North Carolina will prosper.” This explains why there’s a guide wire from the tree to something more stable as it is leaning to one side. There is also a Davie Poplar Jr. and a Davie Poplar III. I think people are actually realizing that one day this original tree will come down, and then what!
Saw the new apartment, which is pretty nice. Best feature, it has a dishwasher! Yippee! We’re also getting a lot of furniture (a HUGE desk, a futon, some chairs, a couple of bookcases, and some side tables!) from the previous tenant who is ecstatic that we’re taking his furniture off his hands.
Came back to Keith and Sabrina’s for a couple of games of Bocce-ball with Keith and Sabrina and one of Sabrina’s grad students, Lisa, and her boyfriend, Brian. Had a nice little potluck dinner afterwards.
Tomorrow morning Keith’s making waffles!