(a few pics to tide y'all over)

Hello all!
I know it's taken me forever to let you people know what's going on, but I've been having internet issues with the laptop. Anyhoo.... I got here safe and sound! The flight was a pain in the derriere because it was delayed two and a half hours, so that sucked. Sleeping on the plane proved impossible for me... also, I couldn't watch the movies because the back half of the plane had no sound! Needless to say, it was a long, boring, sleepless flight. Also I was in the farthest back right corner on the last row of the whole plane. It was a little claustraphobic. BUT... when we finally got close to landing, I got the courage to open the window cover, and there was the island! (i was terrified of looking and seeing only water and flipping out) It was so gorgeous to look down on, like a patchwork quilt. I started getting ridiculously excited at this point. Anyway, we finally made it to London, hooray!, airport was boring, got on the coach to Oxford- passed out. Our little bus driver Trevor was hilarious tho. We made it to Brasenose College (the one I'm staying at) which is right in the middle of Oxford on High Street. It's SO ancient and gorgeous. I couldn't ask for a more amazing place to live. I'll be sending a link for photo albums as soon as I get internet in my room- it won't let me do it in this lab. Anyway, we were all pretty exhausted but managed to wander the streets a little, and we all went out for a beer. Not the most exciting night, but i'd been up for more than 24 hours at that point! Today was absolutely amazing- a tour of the colleges at Oxford (pretty much spreads over the entire town... thus the name) and the botanic gardens. I took about a dillion pictures, which will prolly be tedious to everyone but me. :) We had a really nice lunch at a pub on the river... perfect view, perfect breeze, perfect beer... I was a happy girl. I went home, read a little, took a nap, etc.... met for dinner. Food is bland here, but edible. Actually tonight we had a really delicious chocolate mousse thingy which I devoured. :) Tonight, I'm heading to the pub (IN MY COLLEGE, about 50 yards from my room) to watch the rest of the soccer game and then a ghost tour of oxford which is sure to scare the crap out of me, but it'll be fun anyway. The wing where I live is already all Harry Potter ghosty anyway, so it's fine. SO to sum up, I'm good, happy, making tons of friends, seeing this amazing little town. I couldn't be more excited to be where I am tonight! Coming soon will be links to see all of my pictures and a most interesting list of funny differences between USA and England. All good stuff. I miss you people a little, but not that much. ;)