One down, many more to go

1 month in Cal = a new home

1 month in Cal = a new bank account

1 month in Cal = a new cell phone number

1 month in Cal = tons of new friends from all over the world (Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Turkey, Cyprus, Greece, Lebanon, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Serbia, Russia, UK, Ireland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Morocco, Iran, Egypt, India, China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Australia, South Africa, Namibia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, USA, Canada and so on)

1 month in Cal = many orientation events

1 month in Cal = 3 new classes

1 month in Cal = many lectures and discussion sessions

1 month in Cal = (way too) many homework assignments

1 month in Cal = many, many, many hours in the civil engineering computer lab

1 month in Cal = very smart classmates

1 month in Cal = a nice and helpful advisor

1 month in Cal = a thesis supervisor

1 month in Cal = some housework and laundry

1 month in Cal = 3 weekends with Pedro

1 month in Cal = 1 trip to Monterey

1 month in Cal = 1 trip to Los Angeles

1 month in Cal = 2 trips to San Francisco

1 month in Cal = 2 American football games

1 month in Cal = lots of workout (yoga, pilates, spinning, jogging, conditioning, touch rugby)

1 month in Cal = many miles walked

1 month in Cal = (only) one day at the beach

1 month in Cal = lots of parties

1 month in Cal = some fraternity experience

1 month in Cal = lots of food

1 month in Cal = great breakfasts and brunches

1 month in Cal = tons of cookies

1 month in Cal = too little fish

1 month in Cal = almost no cooking

1 month in Cal = lots of crazy people on the streets

1 month in Cal = many homeless people

1 month in Cal = 13 posts on my blog

1 month in Cal = some photos

1 month in Cal = many hours in Skype

1 month in Cal = 3 familiar events (that felt so good...)

1 month in Cal = no visits so far (except Pedro)

1 month in Cal = still a lot to do