Arrival

So it's about 27 degrees here in Sarasota. My roommate Sarah picked me up from the airport which was literally 2 minutes away. She is such a great girl. I'm so glad everything worked out through craigslist and email contact. The condo plaza is really nice and there's even a pool right next to it! Ofcourse there are palm trees and funky leaves everywhere.

I got some groceries last night and chatted with Sarah most of the night. She baked some cookies and made some squash. I love how she's so into nature, plants, culture and health. I slept on her air matress which I think I can get away with for a while. I'm barely going to be home starting next week because my school is pretty hard core. I have classes every day (except for Friday) from 8:30 to 6:15. It's intense!

Sarah left early so I'm here by myself. She gave me a number of a non-profit bike shop that promotes responisble transporation in Sarasota. They are called A.R.T - Alliance for Responsible Transportation. I think they are fantastic. They just don't have a location address so I called them. I will definately need a bike to get to school. It's down the street but it's about a half hour walk. Sarah has three bikes but none of them are in riding condition. The bike shop fixes bikes as well so we might just get them fixed for a low price. I'm not even going to talk about the bus system here. I'll just praise Toronto for that.
We drove by Ringling yesterday and I must say the campus is just gorgeous. I haven't been inside yet so we'll see how that turns out. Tomorrow I have a meeting with the advisors to get all my stuff together and prepared for next week.

I like it here so far. I'll go for a walk soon and take some pictures. So sunny here!