People keep saying that a lot here. I have a lot to tell you, but first, I am fine, and generally pretty happy here so non of the following are real complaints, but you might find amusing... well most of it, but in any case, have nothing to really worry about.
First, MOM, I FORGOT MY TWEEZERS and I need them.
DAD, I had to go buy an adaptor because all the ones you bought were terribly wrong hahah. but anyway.....
The flight was good, the landing... not so much. We are on the only floor that has not been redone so the walls are yellow and the carpet is neon green and there is dust everywhere and nothing to clean it with. The food is awful. period. The refractory is very very tiny with minimal options, most that I do not understand. The ketchup is too sweet, the salad dressings are bitter, and the bread is dry or oily.
The first thing Mourin and i did was take a tour of the campus right? well we must have gone with the wrong group because our tour guide led us straight into the middle of the city and said his hotel was right across the way and he'd see us at orientation tomorrow. so there we are freezing and wet in the middle of central London by ourselves. We eventually made our way back to the room and got money to go exchange for pounds.... which broke my heart. The exchange rate is so awful it make you want to cry. When we got back in to town we just walked and walked and walked... we know we went pretty far because we eventually got to the stores that other kids had to take the tube to get to. Once it started to get dark we got a little worried and had to ask several people how to get home.
Most people went to the pub that night but we passed out at 8pm (3 pm your time) but we woke up three hours later!!! but eventually fell back asleep. I have a little more of orientation and then a jack the ripper walk tonight. so idk when I'll be home. and I am still waiting on my laptop registration code, so if I don't' talk to you today with I should do then I will def talk to u tomorrow.
Now here is some stuff that will scare you. The police talked to us at orientation today and told us that Reid hall is the hot spot for crime because there are 23 entrances and exits. The windows open real wide and don't have screens on them so on the "ground" level people can climb through. They said on average there used to be 20 thefts a day but that number has dwindled significantly. There is now a night guard (but we are supposed to rat him out of he falls asleep because they have had to "sack" one before). The gates to Regents closes at dusk so in order to get back in we have to climb the fence... I haven't tried it yet so I don't' know how bad that is... but it still doesn't make much sense to me. Everything smells like kinnda funny and the water tastes different. All the kids and even the faculty are really nice and funny. When asked who's gonna get drunk ? at orientation I think i was the only person in the room who didn't even raise their hand (Morin might not have but she had to think about it).
I was trying to find someone to go running with because it costs 60 pounds for a membership to the gym so that's not happening. So i posed it at the dining table and said it would probably be good if we got a boy to come (only one girl wanted to) and then looking toward the two boys that came with us... the one in a wheelchair laughed and the other agreed to come so I think I've got things pretty well figured out.
I have to go find Mourin because she has no idea where I am and shes in a theatre class meeting and we have advisor meetings now. I don't even really know exactly where I am. So ill talk to you later.
