My Adventures Abroad: Roughly 60 Hours In

I made it! I'm alive! My parents and I landed at Heathrow at 10 am London Time on Sunday, September 9th. From that point, it was a whirlwind trek through customs, immigration, and baggage claim. Once we had all of our luggage (4 large suitcases [3 of which were mine], 1 small carry on suitcase, and 2 other bags) we made our way to the Tube and loaded up our Oyster transit cards (not sure why they are called that, my mom said maybe because they knew nothing else would ever be called such a thing). We headed to West Hampstead to check in at Charlotte Guest House, our bed & breakfast home until Thursday. After successfully completing that with all of our luggage, we set off exploring! We ventured to look at the London Eye and Big Ben. I needed to see those to really believe I had arrived! I even saw something else I had been wanting to see, a red telephone booth!
We called it an early night because of jet lag and exhaustion (seriously, I was so exhausted that any sort of stress, decision, or change in plan brought me to tears) and I was asleep by 8 pm.
Monday morning arrives and I feel pretty rested. We ventured to breakfast (at our hotel but a few minute walk to the main reception building.) It was like eating at the United Nations. So many different nationalities all in one place, even the girls working there!
By 9:45 am we were on our way to Holborn area to meet my recruiter Sarah at Vision Teaching to do paperwork and visit HSBC bank to set up an account. We spent the afternoon in the Covent Garden area touring and exploring.
The happiest part so far happened this evening when I went to meet two of my flat mates Kelly & Jenn and found out, my room is available!!!! I can move in and get settled before the 21st!! Hallelujah!!