After a long hiatus, I've decided to revive our blog. I originally started it for the reason most people start blogs, to share information about our daily lives -- especially since I'm bad about sharing important things that happen to me. Unfortunately, the same tendency kept me from posting at all. So I've decided to try and stick to a simple schedule of posting each Sunday. It might work, might not, but I won't know unless I try.
The past few weeks have been plenty busy. We moved into our new place in Baltimore and have been exploring our environs. We live in a neighborhood variously known as Union Square, Hollins Market, Southwest Baltimore, or SoWeBo. It's not far from the downtown, Camden Yards, etc. It's a neighborhood that's going through a lot of changes -- it seems like nearly half the properties are being renovated. It's not the trendiest part of town, but it's all right. The most interesting feature is
Hollins Market, a great source for fresh meat, produce, etc.
Our house (pictured) has four floors, a lot more space than we had in Evanston. Lindsay and I effectively have our own offices, though mine doubles as a guest bedroom and hers as our library. We also have a little deck with patio furniture, tho our backyard is just dirt. We'll have pictures as soon as the place is all set up.
Our biggest adventure so far has probably been driving down to DC. We didn't do any sightseeing -- we were just picking up a piece of furniture -- but it's funny to see how close everything is down here. I wish we had time to look around, but I've had a big article to work on for the Common Review. Fortunately, we have a few days before my orientation at Johns Hopkins starts, so we should be able to spend some time in Inner Harbor and some of the other neighborhoods.
I'm excited about classes starting soon. I really don't have a great idea of what the grad student life will be like yet, but I know that I've got a general history of medicine course, comparative disease control, and a methods course. I'm sure I'll be happily buried under a pile of library books soon.
