Last semester, I had to drop close to $600 on textbooks, which seemed a bit excessive. Imagine my surprise when checking the required books for my courses this semester: I found only 2 books on the list. Buying both used on Amazon cut my textbook bill to less than $200. I was so sure that was a mistake that I went over to the campus bookstore yesterday to see if perhaps the online list was wrong. But no, only two textbooks.
One professor has not submitted a book list to the store, so he may hit us with a big list the first day of class. Even so, it's nice to not have to drop that much cash on books this semester.
I've sent in all my paperwork, written a tuition check, and gotten a nice new notebook for classes. I even bought a cute new shirt yesterday. And the weather here seems to be changing over towards September-in-San Francisco - our eternal summer fogbank seems to be lightening up.
Summer is winding down. I'm ready.
