i kicked it in the cape cod lounge while ted went into herter hall. i was amazed there was so little seating, and disappointed that they'd removed the piano. we checked out the new dorms on our way off campus. i admit i was confused by the title "Northwest", when we found the dorms between "Northeast" and "Sylvain". i don't know where i expected them to be located, but it wasn't there...anywho, i think the planning behind them is great; apartment style living, on-campus. i know campus housing was always an issue at umass (there were always a few friends, or friends of friends who wound up living in the hotel until they could be placed in a permanent room), so i hope this alleviates some of that. i wish the pict better reflected the architecture of the buildings. i think the university did a good job on them!
in addition to going out to dinner friday night, we also went out to look park. i love taking tessy to the park, not only because of all the nostalgia, but because it's so pretty, and there's tons of pine and fir trees for tessy to smell (she seems to like those trees the best). there's also a small animal compound there, with deer and the like. here we can see the goats, who were FAR more interested in tessy, than she was in them. on the way out, i saw the "no dogs" sign; my bad! fortunately, the incident left no traumatized animals. well....maybe ted was traumatized a little bit....