Sunday, May 20, 2007

Dakota Dispatch #1: Home

I arrived in South Dakota last Friday and my parents celebrated my arrival with an order s of fried chicken gizzards from the truck stop near the Sioux Falls airport. The next day, my mom talked me into joining her on a flower-buying expedition to one of the local nurseries.



Saturday night was equally exciting -- dinner with relatives. My parents and I showed off photos from their trip to New York and I ate too many cookies. Sunday included a trip to the lake for a couple hours of fishing with my dad. We didn't have much luck -- this was our only catch:



And, Sunday afternoon, I found an office to rent for the next two months. It's an old office downtown and it currently looks like a slightly-seedy private detective's office. I love it. It's also walking distance from my favorite restaurant/coffee shop, a bakery, and the public library. So, there's a good chance I'll be failing the bar exam.

Anyway, it's good to be home. It's not super-hot yet and there's been a lot of rain recently so everything's green and fresh-smelling. Since New York is rarely either of those things, I'm feeling like the decision to study here was a good one.


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