Longest Day of My Life.

First day in London!! Right now it’s 9:36 am in Missouri and 3:36 pm here. I’ve been up since 6am yesterday morning. Little sleepy. The last week has been absolutely crazy. This time yesterday I was sitting at Chicago O’Hare Airport looking out the window, watching the hum of activity that reminded me of a Lemmings colony. This time last week I was cramming for my American Constitution final which I didn’t do all that well on, but I’m okay with because the professor was the cutest old man alive and I won’t let anything tarnish my memory of the class. I actually wrote in my notebook “I <3 Dr. Casey.”

The last week has been a great one, but not without bittersweet moments. Saying ‘so long’ to the seniors I have long admired is tough—especially when goodbyes are just not my thing. I think I’ve finally just accepted that I am not only bad at them, but the concept kinda makes me sick to my stomach. There just never seems to be the right thing to say to convey what I want and then it ends up a mediocre last memory. I much prefer holding on to the last chance-meeting (hopefully it was a good one) I had with someone and leaving the tearful goodbyes to someone who is better at them.

Anyway, I guess it’s a good thing that I escaped Missouri and all the goodbyes that would have gone with it. Now I’m in my new home (flat) on 40 Hogarth Road. As Adrienne says, it looks like it's straight out of Polly Pocket…and I love it. We are flat 3, which is cramped but cute, even though hauling the too-big bags up 3 flights of stairs was rough to say the least. The plane ride this morning—no wait, last night—was around 8 hours, and it wasn’t too bad. I had some wine with my dinner and slept for a few hours. The study abroad people don’t want us to sleep until tonight so we went over to Imperial College for lunch and a safety orientation. Of course, about 8 of us went out to explore in between lunch and the info session and then got lost. But it was still fun. I’m just trying to fight my eyelids right now. We have a fire drill at 4 and then a pub crawl at 6 (if I have beer right now I think I would pass out almost instantly, but hey I’m still going to try it!). That’s all for now, I’ll post again as soon as possible!