Nell on the Channel

HARK! Internets at last!

I have arrived and finally have working internet! Huzzah! I’m still exhausted beyond belief, but am working on getting settled. Can’t really put together coherent sentences together, so I’ll just make a list of highlights/noteworthy events:

• No one next to me on the plane so i actually got to spread out and sleep in flight for the first time in my life
• Sweet old Irish woman across the aisle though. Called me “dearie”
• Peed like four times mid flight. Got suspicious looks from attendants.
• Ate every inch of the two in flight meals even though they were gross as usual.
• Got off without a hitch in Heathrow.
• Customs seemed concerningly easy to pass through? Will ask program directors if I should be worried.
• Took a bus to BRIGHTON. Fairly uneventful.
• Took a taxi to the campus. Looked like a total tourist counting out the fare.
• Went directly to the residence office. Was given key and important boring paperwork by guy with unfairly awesome eyelashes.
• Went directly to room.
• Set down luggage.
• Explored communal parts of flat. Helped self to grimy but mercifully free towels, pillows and blankets.
• Slept for about five hours.
• Woke in the middle of the night to full bladder and freezing cold. Found no toilet paper in flat and the heater not running.
• Went on a hallway journey to warm up. Conveniently saw poster on how to run the heater.
• Returned to room, ran heater, read Cloud Atlas for approx. 1 hour.
• Slept on and off until 7am.
• Got up, dressed, put on corset for day 1 of waist training, makeup, packed rucksack with important stuffs.
• Realized I hadn’t eaten in over 20 hours.
• Went directly to campus cafe.
• Was helped by a nice lady that called me “luv” every other sentence.
• Ate a glorious crossaint and drank some sub par tea. Read more Cloud Atlas.
• Went to my orientation meeting. Met a lot of people who’s names I don’t remember and signed up for ALL the fieldtrips.
• Went to a quiet corner to read in between activities. Read Cloud Atlas. Cried a little.
• Got student card.
• Ate free pizza.
• Finished Cloud Atlas.
• Did library tour.
• Went back to flat to put on another layer as it was getting windy. Removed corset as back was starting to get a little stiff.
• Took bus downtown for shopping. Embarrassed self with money again.
• Bought a pay-by-minute phone with an international card.
• Bought an extra blankie.
• Bought a bottle of wine. Embarrassed self at self-checkout.
• Got back on bus as wind and rain picked up.
• Returned to flat in horrid weather conditions.
• Borrowed plug converter from kindly neighbor as I could not find one at the shops we went to.
• Set up internet. Charged electronics.
• Checked email. Called mother.
• Went to sleep for five hours. Woke up.
• Got back on computer and here we are.
• THERE’S TWO BRITISH BUNNIES OUTSIDE MY WINDOW AS WE SPEAK.

So thusfar that is my trip! More coherent updates once things start happening.

See you all soon,

Nell