Made It!

Considering it's 1:30am here, perhaps I ought to keep this post short and sweet. :)

It's been kind of an overwhelming week, which you may have seen if you're keeping up on facebook. I arrived in London Tuesday morning with Ginger and Sarah, and we hit the ground running (although a nap may have found its way in that afternoon). After a lovely (and busy!) few days in London, we hopped on a bus to Oxford Friday morning, and--after maybe just a few missteps--arrived safely at our new home, The Vines.

Friday evening was spent meeting the other thirty-odd residents here at our ginormous house, eating pizza, and sleeping. Saturday, most of us slept in (as this will likely be our last chance for a while) and enjoyed some "BBQ" while we got our bikes assigned. Many of the girls chose a lovely red bike...myself included. We've opted to go into town for ribbons at some point, as we'll need some way to distinguish them. :)

We also made it briefly into Oxford City Centre, where all the shopping and such takes place. Popped into a department store for towels, then hoofed it back home (it's a nice 30-45 minute walk, depending on how far into town you need to go). Met up with some fellow students back at The Vines after that, then walked the opposite direction out into Headington (some sort of suburb, I've gathered) for dinner at a chain-style pub (so less local, but still quite good).

Tonight was mostly spent trying to find somewhere I could stream the Hogs game (finally successful for the last minute or so of the first half!) and chilling with the roomies--both of whom are quite nice. Haven't had much chance to film things or take photos, but that will come. Tomorrow being Sunday, we've got just a bit more time to relax before we have "orientation" on Monday and jump into schooly things.

And so I retire, with my first blog post done and the knowledge of a looming Razorback victory. I miss everyone back home quite a bit, and I wish you could all be here with me :)