The calm before the storm

I'm in the group of students that get to go in for their Alien Registration tomorrow. It'll take a few days to get a temporary, and then about a month before my permanent card is here. Once I have the temporary, I can open a bank account, which will help to ease my mind and let me have a little bit more fun. I brought probably way more than enough cash to hold me over, but until my account is actually open and I can wire money over from the US, I'm living like I'm unemployed (appropriately). So once that's taken care of, I'll be a little more willing to do things like ride a bus around and see more of the city. Most of the interesting sights have admission fees, too.

Friday, the orientations and placement tests start, and continue on Monday. Next Wednesday sees the welcome ceremony and info sessions. Thursday, placement results and class registration. Friday, classes begin.

But, possibly complicating this schedule, Sinlaku is supposed to hit Thursday, a day later than the original forecast. The winds are supposed to be the highest Friday. But, it's not supposed to be a direct hit; the forecasted winds are 46 mph. I don't yet know how this will affect the orientation schedule, or everything in general. I've ridden my bike in worse wind before, but it sounds like this storm is packing a lot of water, and I'm not sure how resilient the plant life is to wind here. If I do have to ride in it, at least the rain will hurt a lot less than Albuquerque's dust.

For now, I feel like I'm in the calm before the storm, figuratively as well as literally. I'm looking forward to getting things started.