I'm leaving on a Jet Plane

Yesterday was a memorable event. My flight to and from England was bought. I leave January 18th to get there by the 19th, and won't be back in the states until June 4th. Its crazy. I won't touch foot on US land for four and half months. I'm actually starting to freak out. No family, no friends, no unhealthy American food, no KU basketball, no American accents for over four months. I'm starting to realize all the little things about the US I'm going to miss. I can hardly stand being away from St. Louis's gooey butter cake for two months until I go home. This is double that time. And way more important than some delicious, unhealthy coffee-cake (Is that what it is? I really have no idea what to define it as.). I feel like skype is going to become my new best friend. I mean, I skype quite a bit now, but I also get to see people throughout the four months I'm off at school, whether it be through breaks or visits. But when January hits, there will be no visits, no breaks to go back home. I'm really going to miss everyone and those little things. They don't even have Twinkies in the UK. Not that I ever eat Twinkies, but its nice to know I have that option. I guess they probably have something way better than Twinkies though.

On another note, I signed up for housing. If you checked out the website I posted last time, you could kind of see my options. The living situation seems much different than here. It appears no matter where I live, I have my own room with a bed, desk, and "closet" of some sort. Most of them are self-catering, so I have my own kitchen that I share with 4-8 people. In addition, most of them share bathrooms with the same number. The one thing that weirded me out is only four of the residence complexes are actually located on campus. The others are spread out throughout Leeds, some as far as a thirty minute walk away. It kind of baffled me that you would chose campus housing and not actually be on campus. Don't believe me, check out this map. The squares are residence halls and the the blue squares are where campus is.

We had the option to chose a preferred hall, so I went with Leodis Residences (G). It seems pretty nice, decently close to campus and the City Centre, which, if I understand correctly, is like the downtown area of Leeds. That should be pretty nice. If you're feeling like a super creep, here's a link to the dorm. There's a gallery of pictures and kind of explains the accomadations. Leodis Residences Link 

So I officially have a ride to England. And a place to live. Its time to get PUMPED.

The girl who will not be hitch-hiking to Leeds, England,
Jessica