Welcoming μ-kun, and Life with a New Car

$\mu$-kun, who is pursuing his PhD in a big city, came to visit yesterday. He seemed rather envious of the newly renovated physics building. Of the friends from my undergraduate cohort to whom I was closest, three have now visited my present university. We ate three meals, though for now I shall refrain from recording them in the form of a food diary: a local Asian restaurant, Chick-fil-A, and homemade wontons.

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For the past two days, I have been experiencing life with a car (and failed to resist the urge to show it off). It has indeed made getting around immensely more convenient. A shopping trip to the Asian supermarket that once took forty minutes from end to end by bus now takes less than ten. It is almost impossible to believe.

A 2026 Subaru Impreza after the rain: more than two years ago, on the way to Hakone, I was still wondering why it was impossible to buy a Levorg in America. Now, in my mind, this Impreza is a sufficiently close alternative to the Levorg - perhaps even a better one.

So this is how natural it is to drive somewhere. I had thought that, having only just picked up the car, I would have all sorts of misgivings. But once I went out, I simply drove.