Summer Catch Up

This summer has been a whirlwind, trying to get everything ready for London, finish an independent study class, AND work (sub in two school districts). Here it is, the night before I leave and I’m finally able to tell you everything that I’ve been doing in relation to study abroad!

Shopping:
*They suggested a sleep mask and ear plugs which I got and got to use while I was house sitting. They work quite well and I plan on taking them on the plane with me so that I can get eight hours of sleep on my plane from New York to London. I figure since I get in to London at 7:05am if I just wake up from eight hours of sleep I should be able to combat jet lag pretty well. Right? We’ll see. Jumping eight hours forward is pretty intense.
*Notebook: three subject, durable, able to hold my pens and such and will work great for travel and studying on the go!
*Outlet adapters: I’ll be using those for my laptop and cell phone (both are made to work on either current). I realize I won’t be able to use my cell phone in London, but I think it would make a great alarm clock in the morning if nothing else, so I’m taking it.
*Phone card: I don’t know how many minutes I’ll get out of it from overseas but we’ll see. I’ll also be using Skype.

Packing:
I’m all done! I’m so used to traveling to Utah for school with a car load that only having one big piece of luggage and my backpack makes me feel like I’m missing something. I tried to take only the things I knew I would use and there’s still room in my luggage so I’ll be able to bring back gifts and souvenirs.

Travel Update:
Originally I was scheduled to fly out of PDX at 6:00am PDT but it got changed to 6:30am. Still, that means I’m leaving the house at 2:30am to get to the airport by 4:30am. Bleh. Kaitlin, one of my friends who is going (took a Spanish class with her before this) booked us a shuttle to take us from the airport to the BYU London Center. I hope tomorrow goes off without a hitch because I really don’t want to be stuck in a foreign country with no idea what I’m doing. :-P

I don’t think there’s anything else to relay at the moment. Tomorrow my journey begins! I’ve got my digital camera and lots of extra batteries so there will be pictures galore.

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Next blog from London!