Hi All,

I have had a most interesting day during my first day at HBS.  I feel a little like I am on a different planet.  Today, I moved into my little space and I have included pictures of my room - yes, that is the whole room!  It's clutter free and not much to keep clean.  

My living group is all international - India, Singapore, Slovakia, Trinidad, Dubai and South Africa.  Until 8:00 tonight, I had been the only woman, but another woman showed up from South Africa, so there are 6 men and two women.

The stories I have already heard are but a taste of what I think I will learn.  I had my indoctrination into case study today and I am already overwhelmed.  We will be tackling 4 case studies a day and you want to be prepared because they have the "Harvard Cold Call" and I will be called upon to comment on said case.  So there will be a lot of reading and studying going on.  I have also included a picture of the work they have given us.  The white stack on the right is hundreds of case studies and they promise more.

The fitness center is three floors and outfitted very nicely.  If it ever stops raining, there are beautiful places to walk.  And I will be walking very soon, because I forgot a razor and we all know how much I hate stubble.

Of course, I have had the opportunity to tell the "Chick filla" and "Chick alet" story many times.  I also met a neat Christian woman from Trinidad.  

There is no break in the action outside the dorm either.  I watched the Harvard crew teams practice on the Charles today.  I want to be the one behind them in the motor boat yelling the instructions.  Yes, they were rowing in the rain and 40 degree temps.  And then I heard a horrible screeching sound on the highway directly below me and looked out to see to cars collide right under my window.  I quickly went to dinner as I didn't want to be a witness to a car accident between two Bostonians on my first day here.  

They gave us an Ipod tonight to keep up with the e-mail here, announcements, class schedules and even case studies.  Between the Ipod, blackberry, camera, laptop, and pulse pen, it took me about an hour to plug in all the chargers for all the gadgets.  I guess I will have to get up 30 mins earlier to unplug them all.  The funny thing is, I don't see how I am going to have time for any of them.

Please pray for me as my living and learning group is a very interesting situation.  

Trying to be salt and light in a very interesting place,

Blessings and love to all,

Dee Ann