Cheers from London!

I didn't mean for it to take me so long to update, but I sort of forgot I had a blog. Oops. :-)

I got here fine, obviously. The flights were fine, though I did have to sit in the middle of the middle section on the flight to London, so that really sucked. I couldn't sleep and the guy in front of me felt it necessary to fully recline for the entire flight duration. And no matter how hard I bumped my knees into the back of the seat, he didn't take the hint.

The hostel here is fine. Not the best I've stayed in, not the worst. But I am really looking forward to finding my own place so I don't have to live out of a suitcase, wear shower shoes, and deal with incredibly obnoxious and loud roommates chattering on in a foreign language and wearing jingle bells at all hours of the night. (I kid you not, I swear one of them must of had on one of those collars that reindeer wear. Or was practicing her tamborine.)

I just got my first interview, for tomorrow, and I also have one set up for Monday. I've e-mailed a bunch of other people, and have to call another guy back. Only problem is I have no idea what the job or position or company is b/c I've been looking at so many, so the job could be over before it's ever started.

I think that's it for now. I'm trying not to get too overwhelmed or disheartened, but it's hard. I went and saw Parliament and the Clock Tower yesterday so as to remind myself why I like it here so much. I also bought a cell phone today, so if you want my number e-mail me. Or you can just e-mail in general, I like opening my e-mail and seeing where someone has written.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

In typical me-fashion, any new stage of my life must be accompanied by either one or all of three things:

1. a new outfit
2. a new haircut
3. a new journal

I already have the new haircut, I'm sure I'll be adding numerous outfits into the mix soon enough, and as I've already started a new paper journal, it seems only right to start a new online journal as well.

(And there is of course the fact that I apparently reached my e-mail peak while in college, because I am averaging a week or more to return e-mails, if I even start them at all. Considering how bad I am at talking on the phone, I'm hoping this is only a phase.)

So here it is, so all family, friends, and random passer-by can see how I am spending the next six months, and beyond, of my life. I'll put the day-to-day occurrences in here, keeping the e-mail correspondence to more personal matters.

It is now time to get to the packing, as I have put it off long enough. The large pile of clothes I want to take are taunting me, as they know they can not all possibly fit in the annoyingly small suitcase they have to go in. This is when I wish the invention I came up with years ago to turn my Barbie clothes into real life-size clothes, and visa versa, had actually been invented. How cool would it be to fit your entire life into a snazzy pink 12x12 plastic case?