I feel like I’m in a video game! I’m on the metro to the airport so I can take off for London! Host sister Maria was supposed to go with me, but we could never quite work out the details, so I’m dragging along Jackson instead. Good thing, too, because Maria is sick as a dog. Poor thing. Except that I think she gave it to me and Jesper, too. Sara is the only one who hasn’t been sick all semester. She says that I apparently wear tooooo many clothes, so I do the opposite of not wearing enough and make my body weak and prone to illness. Whatever, man. I’m not gonna go running around in a sweater. I learned the coat lesson the hard way back in middle school. Thanks a lot, Dad. Apparently you are the reason for my sickness! According to Dr. Sara, of course. Not sure how reliable that source is, though.

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This week has been quite a good one, actually! Very busy, but we’ll balanced, and I accomplished a lot. I was home for less than five total days, so I’m pretty impressed with all I did this week!

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Even the airport is festive with the Christmas season! I love it.

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What I don’t love is passport control and having my boarding in the farthest gate possible. We’re walking outside to climb airplane stairs again!

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Okay. So far London is meh. Security is high and passport checks are a thing. My right ear wouldn’t pop and I almost cried on the descent. It felt like the right side of my head was exploding. Then when I landed, I blew my nose and everything starting spinning horribly fast and it was just a mess. Then the bus ticket guy was super super rude. Those dang Brits! Where are Hugh Grant and Colin Firth?! Plus, I was a procrastinating little twit (British word) and didn’t book my bus ahead of time into London, so now I’m sitting on the floor of the bus ticket center (no seats) waiting for the next one. And I’m hungry.

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Okay. End rant. I’m in London. Jackson should arrive soon, though his plane was delayed half an hour. This will be an interesting 47 hours!

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Venlig hilsen / best regards/ cheerio,

Lizzy-wa