Hot Cat... Im in London

So Tons of People asked me to post these blogs about my trip as they go so they can be fully aware of what going on mainly because i forget to tell them everything that has happened because i dont remember... So here it goes...O before i forget all the title are sayings, phrases, or words that i have heard and picked up over here followed by "I'm in London" ..ok so enjoy

Day#1

So i left LAX and was headed for London Heathrow airport. Saying goodbye to all my friends and family was so hard, but i knew i was going to be fine. Plus i convinced myself that it was going to be such a short amount of time so that calmed my nerves. Anyways i met up with a fellow 49'er. We took the same flight and we were going to share a cab from the airport to our place. So i was already completely exhausted before getting on my flight becausei had stayed up all night to pack (WHICH WAS SO DIFFICULT). So i get on the plane and they just announce that the flight was going to be about 10 hours. So i get out my ipod and wouldnt you know it...the dang thing was dead. So there was one thing, but luckily Virgin Atlantic flights had movies, tv, and music so everything was fine. So not only could i not fall asleep on the plane, but around hour 7 my hip and knee bones started hurting :( and these are problems that i have off a plane so it was annoying me. Anyways i land in heathrow and i get through customs with no problems and then i get the lovely task of getting my luggage (o did i mention they were both almost exactly 50 pounds plus a stuffed carry on and a packed backpack) so we go find a taxi, but seriously my bags were so heavy that my arms were sore :( so the drive from airport to home was like 30 minutes but our driver was hilarious...he was such a bad driver flipping people off, almost hitting people and cars, running red lights, you name it he did it. Finally i get to Manson Place (mi casa) and both lucas and i are on the bottom floor, so as you could expect it was interesting to take all my stuff downstairs...So im in flat #1 (woo woo) and i have 3 (thats right 3) roommates named stephanie, Jessica, and maggie. I have my own bed, there is a living room with couches, tv, and dinning table, there is a full kitchen, and bathroom. So after unpacking we all start to try and plug our stuff into the outlets when we realize that they dont work. So then we start to go around the flat and we realize that the fridge/freezer was not plugged in so we had to plug that in, there was no water pressure or hot water, and that there was no electricity, and to top it off we didnt even get the welcome bags that we were suppose to get. So as you can imagine all of us were freaking out a little because a flat with no outlets for girls is just ridiculous. So we have our first floor meeting and we proceed to tell the people everything wrong with our room. As it happens, the fuse box was turned off for us so all we needed to do was to flip the switch and everything was fine. So then we were forced to take a "tour" of the city. It had to be the worst thing ever no one knew where the hell we were and to top it off out "tour guide a.k.a one of the RA's" just left us at our school and basically told us to find out way back home. So we all go back to our flats and get showered and we decide we want to go hit a pub for some food as a welcome to our first night. We stumble across this one place called the stanhope arms and we go in to eat some fish and chips. So the night ended around one o'clock in the a.m. basically keeping me up for over 30 hours!!!!!!!!!!!!! All i knew was that the first night was amazing...and we all had the feeling that this was going to be an amazing semester!!!!