2 days, 1 night, 30 hours

I couldn't sleep. It was terrible. I spent the entire 7 hour flight awake, wide awake, watching The Departed and Troy. I even listened to classical music to try to put me to sleep. However, it was the last 20 minutes of the flight, as we were idling, waiting to land, that I started to sleep.
It was 7:20 am in London, 1:20 am in Chicago. After the flight, I did the usual: bathroom, customs, currency exchange, "baggage reclaim", and a short tube ride to Earl's Court. I got off and walked 1 block to the Knaresborough flat, where some of the students are staying. I was there by 10:15 am. I hung out there and met some cool kids 'til I was bused to our flat on Manson Place at about 2:15 pm.
Our group of 120 or so, went to a fish and chips buffet, where I almost fell asleep at the table. I snapped back into reality and headed to a 45 minute orientation meeting about safety and other equally UNimportant stuff. I heard about 3 minutes before I fell asleep in the front row! Ooops. We headed back to the flat and I took about an hour nap.
At 6:30 pm the pub crawl began. Three bars and 5 hours later, I was back in the flat ready for bed. After only 2 hours of sleep, I crashed. It felt amazing. Unfortunately, my room is very cold. Fortunately, I have a room to myself, so I didn't wake anyone when I got home. However, I live with 11 other girls.
There are 6 bedrooms: 3 triples and 3 singles, 2 bathrooms, 3 fridges, 1 TV, 1 computer (I'm using my laptop) and a SMALL living space. There are 12 girls in the other flat on our floor and I think 12 girls in the flat above us. Plus, 8 or so boys in the basement. Everyone is mostly sophomores and juniors. About 30 are from Mizzou, and half are from Missouri. The rest are from many other states.
This morning we toured the City...London Tower, St Paul's Cathedral, Picadilly Circus, the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace were a few things we saw. After the tour, i went grocery shopping, seeing that I love to eat!
I haven't unpacked yet but it is still early. Actually, I think I'll go do that now. Cheers!