Day 155: Snowstorm

We had a huge snow and ice storm starting very early in the morning, and although it was lovely to look at from inside, it was a real pain to travel through. This was from the shuttle on my way to work. I should have counted my blessings, though, because it turned into a wet mess by the time I left work and into ice the next day!

Day 154: A surprise

I received this lovely bottle of wine from one of my old colleagues and friends as a 'welcome back to the US' present. What a pleasant surprise!

Day 153: Unexpected dinner out

I was on the shuttle on the way home after work and got an unexpected call telling me to get off the shuttle and head over to Thali Too for dinner on the department. Um, okay! This is one of the displays of lentils they have in the entrance...I didn't have much time to snap a photo so apologies for the picture quality.

Day 152: Burns Supper

Today was the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns' birthday, and although I'm no longer in Scotland, I wanted to mark the day with Burns Supper. Last year, we were always able to get Macsween's lovely vegetarian haggis, but sadly they are not sold here. So I had to make my own. And it was a success! Although there wasn't any whiskey, I felt happy to be keeping a little bit of my Scotland experience alive here in New Haven.

Day 151: Vintage mirror

The arrival of my things from the UK inspired me to finally start hanging things on the walls. I bought this mirror from an antique shop long back in September, but it's been sitting on the floor all this time. Until today! This is in my bedroom.

Day 150: The Solomon Douglas Trio

After being in New Haven for over a month now, I decided I couldn't very well call myself a swing dancer for much longer if I didn't make it out to an event. Tonight the Yale group put on a dance with live music right on campus, so I really had no excuse not to attend. I didn't stay for too long but it was nice to see dancing and I found out later that one of the guys who asked me to dance actually lives right down the road and was having an after-party at his place. I'm hoping that's a good omen to start getting to know dancers here.

Day 149: The counterpart to Day 49

Guess what arrived today? The boxes that were packed up and taken away on Day 49! All of my things from the UK were delivered. This is only a small fraction of the things in my spare room. I'm so happy to have my things again!!

Day 148: 11:33 PM EST...

...is when I realised I hadn't taken a photo all day! This is the retroish clock I have in my kitchen.

Day 147: A day to celebrate

We went to the pub to watch the inauguration and toasted President Obama (wow, it's nice to type that!).

Day 146: A gift from my mom

My mom gave me this little nesting doll a long while ago, and somehow it ended up being one of the things I didn't pack and instead brought along with me in my hand luggage when I moved back last November. I opened it up today and thought there were four dolls, but actually there were five! I was so happy when I opened the fourth and saw the tiny chicken inside. (Yes, I am easily amused.)