londonium 1

i love the word londonium - it sounds so old and amazing - way cooler than the already pretty awesome - london. anyway - the reason for the fascination with the capital of good ol' angleterre is that well that's where i'm hoping to call home for the next little while....but then you probably already knew that...i think.
soooo a little updateamijiggy...i left the land of the true north strong and free sunday night - as scheduled on the 6:30 flight - props to AC for letting/getting me on that flight and not making me sit around the airport lounge forever and half wracked with suspense. also a bazimillion thanks to ains and david for driving me to the airport (and to david's parents for lending him the car) i missed business class and their lovely pods by one lone dude but i got a front row seat with lotsa leg room so that was a boon...and i should be grateful what with the leg room, the seat and the price but...sleeping sitting up in a chair still sucks however you wanna look at it...
6AM london time i touched down. dragged myself into the city via the underground which is always a hilarious experience (i've done it a few times) cause it's always rush hour and i always have some annoyingly (to myself and everyone else on the crowded tube) huge suitcase...anyways - i made it to goodge station after a transfer at leicester square that involved some tricky stair climbing (good karma to the guys who helped me with my luggage). i hadn't heard from nids although i had texted her - she had been texting me but i didnt get her messages till circa the next day - so i alighted at a diner and inhaled some eggs and crossed my fingers that i would hear from her soon when all of a sudden she came bounding in the front door of the very establishment that i was in! she figured i had to be in the general vicinity and magically she had indeed found me. we ducked the front hall porter that is out to get nids for anything and everything (the evil shammi!) and collapsed in her rez room.....that's right - clare and nids - the basement babes are back in rez together again - but in london!