Eli had his first day at North Melbourne Primary School today. He joins the 4th grade class a bit more than halfway through the year. His first day went well - he wants to go back tomorrow!
It's amazing to me that we just arrived here last week. In that short time, we've gotten ourselves established at the Doherty Institute, made our apartment into our home, enrolled Eli in school, started making friends playing ultimate frisbee, used the university's swimming pool, found a piano teacher for Eli, and got him signed up for swimming. We also bought bikes that will arrive later this week, making it easier for us to get around. I even found time to read a book that I checked out from the local library, where we now have library cards. I'm not sure that we will, or will want to, keep up this relentless pace. But for now, everything is still exhilarating.
One especially nice part of each day is dinner at the residential college. We are getting used to wearing gowns, but are especially liking the after dinner conversation with the other guests who have dessert and tea in the senior common room.
