Its been 5 days since I arrived. I had a more thorough orientation on tuesday which included a tour of part of london as well as a chance to meet all the other study abroad students. I discovered that majority of my class is looking like its going to be Norwegians who live in my building. Luckily I seem to get along with them great! Although, they do switch to a different language in the middle of conversations sometimes so I get lost. I'm hoping to see more of them on a regular basis--they seem to know how to have fun and are pretty supportive of this being my first time anywhere. I dig em. 

Anyway, tuesday was also a little rough. I met all the others studying abroad but by midday I was feeling really sick and dizzy again. Unfortunately I had to go take a tour in that state and end in a pub with a free beer that I didn't want. Despite my condition, I sat and talked with the Norwegians for a while which was a little relaxing. It felt nice to have some human contact with others of a similar age and in a similar situation. I came home that night and just tried to sleep as much as possible. 

Yesterday was the first day I didn't have to do anything. Therefore I didn't do anything. I slept in and watched Harry Potter on my computer, face booked, took a nap for about 4 hours, and went back to bed after watching half of another Harry Potter. I know it doesn't sound too exciting, but I needed a day like that. Today I feel MUCH better and rested. Much more up for going out and doing things. 

This morning I woke up around 7:30 naturally and took a shower, finished HP, and took a walk down the street to get some coffee. After the coffee I made a brief, half assed effort to find another pillow case and some eating utensils (and some Band-Aids for my blister). I didn't find anything--big surprize. But I did find my way to St Pancras station where I'll meet Jordan tomorrow. I'm glad I have that figured out, not that it was hard. Again, the public transit is amazingly convenient and efficient here. I got a little pack of some indian food when I got back to my Old Street stop and headed home. In the kitchen I ended up talking to the girl who lives next door to me. She is from Delhi, India. Really nice girl actually. We chatted for about an hour while we both made and ate lunch. She gave me lots of tips on where to find stuff, where the pound store (dollar store in US) is, where a good place to get groceries is, where good restaurants and clubs and bars are. Very helpful overall. Now I'm sitting in my room listening to some music on my computer and doing this. I actually feel up for going out tonight. There is a major party being thrown by the school, but it costs £27 which is like $42.....I don't know. I can party for NOT 40 big ones outside of the school. The norwegians are all going, but I'm sure I'll see them another time--they are in all of my classes after all.