Moving on up to the east side. East Boyd, that is.

Perkins. Boyd. Highland. Burbank. Nicholson. All of the important street names in Baton Rouge that you MUST know. Where I come from, there is only one street name you need to know: Highway 11. That's it. Period. Even in Hattiesburg, there was just Hardy and 4th. Everything else didn't really matter. Except for Kimball, of course.

Greetings, friends! I have spent the last two days getting settled at my new apartment in the red stick! I can count on less than two hands the number of times I've been to Baton Rouge, but I already feel like a local. I have identified two Wal-Marts in a 3 mile stretch, Hobby Lobby, and Taco Bell. That's all a graduate student needs. But really, it's been pretty good getting adjusted to the area and finding my way around. The apartment is perfect. And my roommate, @KelliBran, is even more perfect. She is so helpful and knows everything. A real local.

Tomorrow, I will go over to campus (like 2 seconds away - love.) to meet with my boss and develop a master calendar for at least the next semester and try to get things in order. I will also get someone from my graduate cohort to show me different offices around campus. Where does one pick up a student id? Parking decal? Books? The list goes on, my friends.

I am also easing into the purple and gold apparel. Most of my birthday gifts were related to LSU in some way. The collection is growing!

Happy Tuesday!