It has been 7 days since we have arrived here in Iowa. There is significantly less corn and corn paraphernalia than I expected. There are trees and hills which make biking difficult since I am unpracticed in distance biking. We have learned the ways of Aldi and I now possess the ever-important Aldi cart quarter. Time is a cruel mistress– especially when trying to write code to display the hours, minutes, and seconds when you are only provided user imputed seconds. You must learn quick to survive out here in the forests of Ames– for example you must not take the 6 Brown North Bus to try to get to the VRAC, you must take 6 Brown South Bus which boards slightly earlier and directly across the street. You can also jump off the 6 Brown North Bus at the next stop light, cross the street, and board the 6 Brown South Bus. Nick says hi, he is [insert positive adjective here as per request]. Learning is key and sleep deprivation is a requirement (but not a VRAC requirement, just college student life requirement).