Like a Vacation, but Not at All

Hello from hot, humid Tucson, Arizona!

I am currently entrenched in the middle of a week-long intensive--all libraries, all the time. The mountains are what I see when I look out the window at my dorm...

Here's what's underneath my window. Every day starts at 5:30...



Thank goodness I brought my sock...



And for some unfathomable reason, all of the fire hydrants are painted silver.