*Couldn't connect to the Internet on the plane but I wrote this during the flight
My departure began on a good note. The lady at baggage check-in finagled me into only having to pay $60 for my extra bags instead of $200. Point 1 for me! I got full body scanned; Point 1 for everyone that got a free show of my sexy organs. Then I got on the plane and the flight was nearly empty. I got a whole row to myself (Point 2; I’m winning this one universe!). British Airways also has nearly all new movies to watch. (Point 3 for me). So all the books I jammed into my carry-on got no use. One of the options on the plane for dinner was curry chicken: whose idea was it to pack that smell into an aircraft? (For those of you that are playing at home: that’s only Point 2 for the crazy universe. Ha still winning).
Breaking news: Ahhhhh roller coaster turbulence!!!! Love it.
The swallowing back of tears is an ever present exercise. I swear Presley, cried today. He slowly sauntered up when I called him over. We hugged it out though. He gets that I have somewhere I need to be and we’ll be together again soon. Lol, crazy lady right here! Layla and I meowed about for a minute too. Then I said goodbye to my mother hen of the past two weeks, Becca. :( THEN my actual mom burst into tears, which was completely awful to see. I would have to say that I was worse off though at the security line. Trey stood there and watched me walk away. Wahhhhh so sweet. Side note: Am I the only person that gets utterly nervous in airport security even though I’ve done nothing wrong? *Ooooh maybe that’s why I got pulled for the full body, they could smell my fear.*
The next few days are going to be crazy. My adviser/new boss is picking me up in Edinburgh. It’s an hour and a half drive to St. Andrews. I was kind of hoping to be able to hide the fact that I have no idea why they let me into one of the top three schools in the UK (Humble Brag) and that I’ve totally been faking it up until now. ;)
I just happened to get up for the bathroom and looked out the window. New York, New York! I’ve never your pretty lights until now! I land in London in the afternoon with a few hour layover.
Cheers!
**Update**
My advisor couldn't grab me from the airport so I took a taxi. I had the best tour guide/cab driver too! Talk about country pride. He knew everything about everything Scottish; he even took the time to try and teach me Scottish words.
Did you know that the west coast of Scotland grows Palm trees because the Gulf current pulls seeds all the way up here?
Got to my "dorm" around 5. No one was home and I had no way to plug in my computer, so I decided to walk to the town centre and grab a converter. EVERYTHING CLOSES AT 5:30. Oh excuse me at 1730. Haha um Scotland is there a military manifesto I am unaware of?
When I got back from wandering around some of the girls were home. Its one and a half bathrooms for us 6 girls to share. Soooo much better than 1 bathroom period. There are 4 PhD. students staying here. So far I only met two of the girls, both from China. I think they said one other girl was from Poland. They are super sweet but I'm just so tired I cant converse. Hope I don't come off as a rude American.
Walking around town alone, made me feel well alone. The town is cute (pictures to come of the town; I was too tired to figure out which bag my camera was in). Even when the building itself looks a bit old and dreaery, the door is painted beatuifully. Some in bright shades like turqoiuse or yellow or PURPLE! But even the ones that were black were glossy and well taken care of. Its nice to see the little shops in the center of town. All "mom and pop." They would have closed a long time ago in the US.
Im exhausted its 8:37pm here and Ive been up since 9:30 am yesterday. PLus the 6 hours I lost flying this way.
For those of you that have said you were jealous, here are pictures of my living quarters until December. SFA circa 2003???
Not so magical!
**Update**
My advisor couldn't grab me from the airport so I took a taxi. I had the best tour guide/cab driver too! Talk about country pride. He knew everything about everything Scottish; he even took the time to try and teach me Scottish words.
Did you know that the west coast of Scotland grows Palm trees because the Gulf current pulls seeds all the way up here?
Got to my "dorm" around 5. No one was home and I had no way to plug in my computer, so I decided to walk to the town centre and grab a converter. EVERYTHING CLOSES AT 5:30. Oh excuse me at 1730. Haha um Scotland is there a military manifesto I am unaware of?
When I got back from wandering around some of the girls were home. Its one and a half bathrooms for us 6 girls to share. Soooo much better than 1 bathroom period. There are 4 PhD. students staying here. So far I only met two of the girls, both from China. I think they said one other girl was from Poland. They are super sweet but I'm just so tired I cant converse. Hope I don't come off as a rude American.
Walking around town alone, made me feel well alone. The town is cute (pictures to come of the town; I was too tired to figure out which bag my camera was in). Even when the building itself looks a bit old and dreaery, the door is painted beatuifully. Some in bright shades like turqoiuse or yellow or PURPLE! But even the ones that were black were glossy and well taken care of. Its nice to see the little shops in the center of town. All "mom and pop." They would have closed a long time ago in the US.
Im exhausted its 8:37pm here and Ive been up since 9:30 am yesterday. PLus the 6 hours I lost flying this way.
For those of you that have said you were jealous, here are pictures of my living quarters until December. SFA circa 2003???
Not so magical!
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