I'm Here!!!

Hello all :)

Just wanted to give a quick update to say that I have safely arrived and am all settled into my house! After leaving my house at 3 a.m. Los Angeles time and getting here in England in the morning (middle of the night LA time), I am exhausted! I had great flights, and when we got here, the weather was nice and crisp - made me feel like I was in Big Bear...except for I'm in another country...and not in the mountains...anyway,

We got to the bus station at the airport, and the first experience I had with the different British terms was that they asked me if I wanted my food "in or take away" rather than "for here or to go," but it was pretty self explanatory, so hopefully I didn't look completely confused to them!

It's absolutely beautiful here; I got moved into my house where there are almost 40 other American students living with me. My room is actually pretty big, and there's three of us: Charlotte, me, and another girl named Victoria who is beginning her second semester at Oxford. She's been a great help when Charlotte and I have questions :)

I'm sorry that I don't have any pictures up - I didn't get a chance to take any, really, since we were running around to try to get where we needed to go, but we made it! Later in the day after we unpacked, I laid down for what I thought was going to be a 20 minute nap, and I guess Charlotte laid down too, because 3 hours later we got a knock on our door from some other girls saying we missed the initial welcome! So, we scurried downstairs, though a little late, in time for pizza with everyone still hanging out. There I met most of the people I'll be living with, and they all seem lovely :)

So, all in all, really tiring day, dragging and dropping luggage, looking confused in airports, but having a great time overall :) Just wanted to give a quick update to let you know that I am, indeed, alive and kicking.

Love and miss you all!