"Nikki, you think like me...and that's a problem."

Hey guys,

Well, we are now moved in to our dorm rooms which is exciting. We are staying in Lewis Hall on the campus of IIT. The rooms are very nice as well as the hall and its surrounding buildings. My roommate is Janine and our room is the size of your typical dorm room. 2 beds, 2 desks, 2 closets...that whole thing. We have the entire hall for our project. The guys on project (there are 5) are on one end, staff and bathrooms in the middle, and the girls on project will be on the other end (there will be 15 girls). The girls and I were laughing because we will probably sleep REALLY well tonight in our twin beds after 4 nights on blow up air mattresses.

Moving in was funny. We were able to run everything in between rain showers. I was dragging my suitcases (both on wheels) and my backpack and everything else hoping to make in one trip and had to jump a curb. Instead of setting things down or walking to the ramp I got a running start and was determined to make it on to the sidewalk. It worked...sort of...and T told me that she would have done the same thing.

There is a lot to do tonight as we prepare for the students to arrive on Thursday. Tomorrow we are not allowed to do anything related to the project, which I am looking forward to! We all could use some rest and downtown time! Here is the bean - I have no idea what its significance is, but we hid under it when it poured downtown.

Gotta go, Love you guys!