See ya USA!

In 10 hours I will be on a plane!! I've been thinking and planning about today for months now and it is finally here. I don't think it will actually hit me that I am leaving though until I get on the plane..or until I actually get there. I finished the last of my 4 finals yesterday morning which was a huge relief! (Yesterday was the first day of finals for all of the other Drexel kids, but I started taking mine last Friday to get them all finished.) I left Drexel last night around 11 pm after spending a great day with Mike for his birthday and then we got back home around 1 am this morning. Ever since waking up around 9:30, we have been making copies of important documents, getting my clothes, toiletries and electronics together, and making sure I understand how my phone plan, currency, etc works over there. There is so much to remember and I keep running across things around the house that I need so I hope I don't forget anything really important!

My plane leaves from Newark Airport tonight out of Terminal C at 10:10 pm. My parents and I are going to leave home around 5 pm to get there by 6. My sister Lindsay is going to take the train to the airport from Stevens in Hoboken and meet us there, and then I have about an hour to spend with them before I head through security and join the other Drexel students who are studying abroad too. I used to really enjoy flying, but the last few times I have been on a plane, I've been really nervous and uncomfortable. I've decided I am a land person, and I'm looking forward to being back on land after a 7-7.5 hour flight over the Atlantic ocean. We're arriving around 10 something in the morning- their time. I will be 5 hours ahead over in London so it's going to really mess me up the first few days. I have a feeling I'll be getting terrible jet lag. I hope I can sleep on the plane for at least a few hours! My first red eye flight.

I sent out my address to a couple people already but just in case you didn't get it or find it more convenient to just look on here, here is my London address for the next 3 months:

Jennifer Crossan (Drexel University)
c/o Metrogate
3-7 Queen's Gate Terrace
London SW7 5 PE
United Kingdom

Feel free to send me letters while I am there! I'm going to do my best to send plenty of postcards from the UK and wherever else I travel to! The best way to contact me will be on skype, facebook or email. My email address is still jlc88@drexel.edu, and once I remember my skype username I'll post that on the blog. I will have an international cell phone but I won't be using it a lot since it is more expensive, and it will either cost me a lot or cost you a lot.

I'm going to try and keep this blog up almost every day so I hope you guys enjoy reading it and please keep in touch! :-) Talk to you all soon from London!