June 6th is the first official day of my REU at William and Mary this summer.

Holy shit, you're going to W&M? I grew up in that town and will probably be there at some point this summer.
Sure am.

I'm really excited about it too. Nearly all significant work done in Linear Algebra comes out of William and Mary, and this REU is very prestigious (and hard to get into...this year's 8 members come from Harvard, W&M, Princeton, University of Chicago, Baylor, Truman, Virginia, and then me). A lot of the work done there starts or is done by students who attend this REU. So this is very exciting and an excellent opportunity for me. If you're around, give me a ring and perhaps we can hang out. PM me for contact info.