What a Long Day

It's only 6:30 pm and I'm beat. An 8 hour+ drive to Rohnert Park (it normally takes about 7 hours, but traffic and a few issues with the suitcases strapped to the roof slowed us down). However, we got lucky. The opening weekend stuff for Sonoma State says freshmen check in on Saturday and returning students on Sunday. We didn't think we'd be able to move our daughter in today.

However, it never hurts to ask, so when we finally got to the school at about 3 we stopped by the check-in and in 2 minutes we were on our way with room keys and everything we needed to start unpacking. That will save us much trouble tomorrow.

Since then (besides eating "linner") we've been unpacking stuff, setting up the electronics and trying to find a place for everything in a very small room. She's the first of four suitemates to arrive, so it's been a lot easier without a bunch of other people and their junk all over the place.

I missed the big Obamessiah announcement speech in Springfield today (were Homer and Mayor Quimby there?), but reader and blogger Laura noted some highlights for me:

The announcement today was filled with verbal gaffes such as Obama introducing Biden as "the next President" and Biden referring to his running mate as "Barack America." It's going to be an interesting fall.

That it is. Once I get back to the hotel I'll take a look at the rest of the news items (I'm using my daughter's internet connection right now).