Actually, I made it yesterday, but I was so tired and jet-lagged that I went to sleep almost as soon as I got to the house and didn't wake up until about 15 hours later.
No adventures really. The plane ride was a plane ride with lots of movies, but all the airline attendants were British and the one who worked my aisle called all the girls "sweet" and "love." And this is probably really stupid, but I had to ask him for a landing card at one point, and he said, after dropping the bag of rubbish he had, "'Course you can, sweets. As soon as I've finished throwing things about here, you can have anything you like!" And that really made my plane ride. =)
Just for reference sake, I watched Get Him to the Greek, Shutter Island, It's Complicated, and for kicks and giggles, the first half of Twilight: Eclipse. Get Him to the Greek wasn't nearly as funny as I thought it would be. Shutter Island was FANTASTIC. It's Complicated was sweet, but I think if you're older you'd appreciate it more. And I don't care what anyone says; Twilight: Eclipse didn't seem any better than the first movie.
After spending hours just walking through LHR and trying to find the Central Bus Station (the route there from my terminal was SO LONG), I finally caught the bus to Oxford.
And Oxford, OMG.
It is incredibly cute and pretty and IT'S RAINING AND CLOUDY AND I LOVE IT! Although yesterday I was so tired and miserable that all I wanted to do was go back to my old apartment in SF and sleep and hang out with the kitty Bigs.
Everyone I've met so far has been really sweet. The Junior Dean (kind of like an RA back home) is really nice. He wouldn't let me carry my 56.5lb bag up several flights of stairs. Bess, who seems like the Blackfriars equivalent of Barbara St. Marie, was soooo nice. She gave me a hug and then helped me with my "snow white" linens.
Anyway, I'm living at 16A St. John Street and rooming with Maggie, not a stranger, which is such a relief. AND WE HAVE A ROOM THAT FACES THE STREET AND NOT THE BACKYARD! =) I promise I will have pictures as soon as it gets brighter.
So other than my airplane, airport and bus ride experience, I haven't had any other adventures yet, and I totally missed an adventure opportunity last night when everyone went to about 3 pubs, got really drunk and started talking about philosophy. Yes, I failed a little bit here, but I was tired and now my body clock is all synced up. =D
More to come soon, hopefully. (The day's only beginning!)
And I am wearing pants. =3
<3 Nutmeg
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