It's Too Hard to Sleep on a Plane..

Technically it isn’t Monday, June 13th anymore. I’m not even really sure what time zone I’m in right now, but according to the in-flight TV map, the local time at the my destination (England) is 4:13 AM. The ETA is 7:27 AM. What does this mean for me? I have slept for all of 10 minutes so, needless to say, I am going to be absolutely exhausted on my first day.

Tomorrow (/in 3 hours and 11 minutes) we are supposed to check in to the Oxford center by noon, then we have a walking tour of Oxford at 2:00, then house orientation at 4:30. It’s going to be a long day! But I’m really excited to get there and move my stuff in and see where I’ll be living for the next few weeks. The weather is supposed to be 71 degrees and sunny so I’m definitely looking forward to that.

So far everything has been smooth sailing (or I guess I should say smooth flying?) and I felt very grown up going through the airport by myself. I finished and submitted my essay when I got to the gate and I thought I looked very official working on my laptop. It won’t be too long until I will be actually official and a grownup doing business on her work laptop (hopefully).

Dinner on the plane was some sort of Tortellini pasta which was surprisingly good, with salad, bread, and a nice chocolate chip blondie. The blondie wasn’t that good. But I really liked the tomato on the salad. I must really be maturing with this trip. But then again I did have apple juice with my meal.. so maybe not. Wine is complimentary on international flights so I had to try it out as an attempt to make me sleepy. Didn’t really work.

Airplane Dinner

Things I Have Already Realized I Forgot:

• My FlipVideo camera: definitely very upset about this one. Videos are just so much better than pictures. 
• My Cosmo magazine I bought 3 days ago: There is nothing better than catching up on mags at the gate. Seriously. Nothing. 
• A Towel: I hope British people like them soft and fluffy and extra large. But this one wasn’t actually my fault. For some reason my mom thought they would have towels for me at the center. Why would that be the case? I don’t know. But I didn’t pack one because of it. Thanks, Mom! 
• My Wedges: Probably a good thing since I would most likely fall and twist my ankle on the cobblestone streets (I’m pretty sure some of the streets have to be cobblestone right?).

So only forgetting four things isn’t all that bad. But forgetting a video camera is. Not sure how I’m going to get over that!

Other exciting news: Kelsea (my roommate) and I are going to the Mumford and Sons concert the night before I leave!!!! It’s in Hyde Park, which I assume is kind of like a Central Park. That’s what it looks like anyways. Mumford and Sons has been a top band in my life for awhile now so the fact that they’re playing the last night of my trip just seems like fate to me. It’s going to be amazing. And Delta has their CD on their music center, so basically I’m meant to love them.

I guess I could probably try to sleep a little bit more since my Gramps told me to stay away from the British coffee and that’s really the only thing that could wake me up tomorrow. Perhaps I’ll be able to squeeze in a little nap before the walking tour. (Probably smart since I’m sure my mom is reading this worrying about how grumpy I’ll be if I don’t sleep.)

Fun story: On the way to the airport I had to be silent since my dad was on conference calls so i was looking up British slang and apparently AC/DC means bisexual. I don’t really understand why, but I’m sure that’s another story for another day. Anyways, the first thing I saw as I walked into security was a guy wearing an AC/DC t-shirt. I hope he’s not going to the UK..

Cheerio!

P.S. (If anyone is actually reading this) If you want to text me or if you want a cool texting app, I’m using WhatsApp over here because it’s free for me. Otherwise, if you text me you owe me 50 cents. :)

P.S.S. Sorry this is so ramble-y but when there’s really nothing else to do and you’re trying to tune out a screaming, crying kid for 8 hours you get a little bit of cabin fever.