I have returned home safely, albeit disoriented. As you can imagine, I feel like a European citizen by now. American money, electrical outlets, cars, language all seem so foreign right now. It’s like my trip to San Diego is just another city on my tour.

But I’m here to stay — for at least two years, anyway. I have two juicy bits of news to share:

1. I’m moving.
2. I’m going to UC San Diego.

Yes, it’s official: I have (finally) left North County to move to downtown San Diego, California. In fact, I came straight home from Europe to the new place. It’s on West G Street. The ZIP code is 92101.

I have one roommate, Lisa, who you’ve seen before on this Web site. Now home, I am faced with the fun but daunting task of furnishing my empty apartment.

I’ll be talking more about the apartment and putting up a subsite in the coming days.

As for the second bit, yes, I have decided to attend UCSD. I’ll start as a junior, studying political science, at the end of September.

Until then, I have to find transportation for myself, and it might not be a car. I will also be working quite a bit. This was the subject line of the first e-mail I received, from an editor, when I got back to LAX yesterday:

Welcome back! Can you do a story?

I guess it’s back to reality. But honestly, I am really digging reality.