First Day of Autumn

Today was the first day of autumn, and though Vancouver weather has cooled slightly, today was quite warm and sunny. Still, like it's written in lots of places (I think), the light chill of autumn is in the air. It's great. Until it starts raining.
School is going alright. This is only the third week of classes but I already have tons to do, mainly reading. I'm taking a Roman comedy class (Plautus), Roman Britain, and a pro-seminar which doesn't seem to have any topic in particular. We can do basically anything we want. Everything is interesting and I'm certainly learning a lot. Graduate school is certainly going to require self-discipline in terms of time management and pacing the work which is a change for me. I think that will be one of my biggest challenges. I've tried not to procrastinate but this first deadline for a paper has somehow crept up on me. I should be working on that now rather than writing this.
I'm also helping out with the graduate student conference that my department is putting on in May. You know, making posters, trying to fundraise, generally following orders. It's a good thing to do aside from my classes but keeps my connected with the department. Also, I can get to know the other students more. But the friend-making is going pretty well. I've been out with a few students a couple of times and so far people seem to like me. That's encouraging though I can certainly do more with this.
But tonight I'm making myself a real dinner, one of the finest ways to procrastinate. Oven-fried chicken (as suggested by John), broccoli, and bread with roasted garlic. Yep, I can cook.