Move in day...

After spending the night gliding over the Atlantic and falling asleep to the voice of a stewardess talking about how she really did like Sarah Palin, I arrived in Heathrow around midday London time. I have been nervous at every junction of my trip expecting some missing paperwork to keep me from getting here... I even almost regretted my procrastination and lack of preparation or paperwork. Needless to say, the British woman at customs was not a huge fan of my lack of information.
Regardless, I am now sitting in my room in Fullbeck Block in Lincoln Hall of the University of Nottingham. I ate a dinner of dry turkey and a vegetable medley of bright yellow and orange cubes. It was... rather tasteless actually, but I don't mind.




















I feel like a freshman again eating by myself and sitting in my room alone, but I'll be fine. I'll hopefully meet some awesome people at orientation tomorrow. I have positively no idea when classes start or even what classes I'm going to take, but again, I'll be fine. I think.
The weather here isn't great, though there is no snow and no torrential downpours, so I'm okay with it. Okay, I hear people rummaging in the hall (ha! One of them just said "rubbish!") and I am going to go try to play nice like a good FES.
Cheers!

As usual, I have left everything to get done until the very last minute. You would think an opportunity like this would make me excited enough to prepare... nope, as I type this I'm looking at a huge open suitcase surrounded by impossibly high piles of dirty clothes. I'm sure I'll get it down in time...
Also, despite my procrastination and total failure in regards to paperwork, Mom and Dad have come to my rescue until my HOPE and loan cheques come which they are finally scheduled to do... after I arrive in England. However, the Nottingham Accomodation people seem really forgiving and I can pay for the first accomodation payment upon my arrival which is... oh, about two weeks after the deadline. That means I can send my visa requirements in on Friday, I have a place to live in Nottingham, and I will have money at some point! Yay for not being broke and homeless!

Speaking of homes... I will be living in Lincoln Hall on the Nottingham campus this spring. It appears that I'll have a single bedroom, though I will probably share a study room and/or a bathroom. Every hall on campus has its own library, bar, and dining room... What more could a girl ask for?

This is Lincoln Hall from the view of the Downs. Exciting, no?!