Landed in Phoenix earlier today and made my way to my hotel. I actually managed to take a wrong turn on the way to the hotel even with having a GPS unit in the car (a Toyota Corolla) so I am not to thrilled about the potential of me getting lost over the next week. To top it off the main road is closed right outside my hotel in the direction I need to go to get to class. I was able to find a different route to class already, but I have to do it by driving the opposite direction than the GPS says to go, thus forcing it to calculate a new route. The area is nice, though I am already tired of the dessert colors, all of the houses are painted a muted yellowish color or a kind of sand gray, on the bright side the temperature is in the low 70s and the sky is a brilliant blue. I wouldn’t mind having this kind of temperature year round! Can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings.