Trip Home Details

Hey everyone!
I am working on getting my posts up-to-date and finishing my papers.
I just wanted to give you all the 411 on my trip home.
So here it is. My itinerary :)

I will be leaving Edge Hill University at 1:30PM Friday, April 27th.
I will be taking a bus from Liverpool Coach Station at 3:00PM on the same day to London Victoria Coach Station. I should Arrive at 8:50PM on the same day.

I will then take a bus from London Victoria Coach Station to London Heathrow Airport Terminal 4 around 11:00PM on Friday, April 27th.

I will stay the night in the airport for a multiplitude of reasons, but the main one is that I do not see the point of wasting money on a hotel room that I would only be able to sleep in for less than 8 hours. It would be better and cheaper for me to just stay in the airport. Besides, if I could do a 13 hour layover in Washington DC I can handle a night in London Heathrow lol.

I will then do my check in at 9:00AM on Saturday April 28th.
My plane (Delta 57) will leave for Detroit Michigan at Noon.
I will land in Detroit at 4:10PM on Saturday April 28th.
I will then have 3 hours to kill, but lets not forget about customs and immigration that I will have to go through to get home.

The last part of my journey will be relaxing.
I leave Detroit (Delta 5880) at 7:31PM on Saturday April 28th.
I will arrive at Indianapolis International Airport at 8:51PM

I will be flying on Delta, so my family should know exactly where to pick me up since my Aunt ALWAYS flys on them when she travels out of the country (Which is practically every summer lol)

I cannot believe that my time in the United Kingdom is almost up. I won't lie, I have truly loved it here, but as Dorothy said "There is no place like home." *click...click...click*

It's that time of the Term.. ESSAYS!!!

Oh goodness.
Someone, help me!
It is the end of my life!!
Life as I know it is about to stop!!!
Okay... Maybe I am being over dramatic, you can't blame is gay queen.. Can you? lol.
Life has been going on much as it has for the term.
I have six essays and one powerpoint due before I leave for the States.

Over what, and in which class you ask?
Let me tell you.

Contemporary Britain: Educational Attainment and Social Class (1,500 words), Social Mobility (1,500 words), Reflection (1,000 words).

Sociology of Conflict: Media Representation of Northern Ireland, with specific view on rioting and plastic bullets (3,000 - 4,000 words)

Social Work with Youth: Social Work with LGBT Youth, with a specific focus on Counseling (2,500 words)

Social Work in Mental Health: Provisions of Mental Health for LGBT People (4,000 words)

Now. We ARE allowed to go 10% below or above the word limits, and lets be honest. I will TRY to have them the word limit, but I do not think it will happen. I have finished 3 essays. I am still working on my LAST Contemporary Britain essay (Educational Attainment and Social Class), but I am COMPLETELY lost on my Mental Health essay. There is only TWO mentions of sexuality in the Mental  Health Act of 2007.. Which is a good thing, but still bad... I have absolutely NO idea how to write about it, especially not for 4,000 words, or even 3,600 words.
My professor told me to just do my best and I will do fine.. But I just can't seem to figure this stuff out.
I WILL get it done, but I do not think it will be my best work. I will be surprised if I even pass the class by the skin off my teeth.

Oh well. That rant is over.

Essays will mentally drain me, but that just means I will be too worn out to stress about the plane ride and what not.
I am excited to get home and see everyone. I miss my family, and friends desperately.

Well, I should get off here and get back to work.. There is one good thing about this.
I am learning my limits and I am really starting to LOVE the library.

I will be back online soon.

OHHH updates are coming SOON ( whenever I get done with my papers) so be prepaired to check out my posts in other months, and the photos I will be putting up on here.

Cheers!
~Nick

Coming Home ROUGH idea

So.

It looks like I will be coming home on April 28th :)

I am so excited to be making it back to the states.

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the United Kingdom, but I miss my family, friends and country (even with all its problems lol)

I will be taking a bus to London, and then navigate the Tube to London Heathrow Airport Terminal 4 with all my luggage because I can't afford the coach that goes straight to the airport ( That would be 50 - 60 GBP, compared to the 8 GBP, ).. And I mean, I have done it to get here, so I can do it go back :)

I put overdraft protection and overdraft forgiveness on my card so I can pay for my ticket... I know I shouldn't do that, it will add 300 dollars I will have to pay back later, but what choice do I have?

I mean, I messaged family and they can't really afford to help because of some craziness back at home.... i.e. sister is prego , and then there are bills that everyone has to pay, and there are other things that happened that needed money to solve (cars not working and what not), which is perfectly understandable, I should have planned and saved some emergency funds incase something happend, really this IS my fault that I do not have any funds, and I don't want my family to feel like they have to help me.I am an adult, and I accept that this is really beyond anyones control or foresight. I don't even feel like I need to blame someone, because really.. No one is at blame, no one could have said that this would have happened... I am so happy for the aid I have received from friends and family, and I really dont want this blog to seem like I am asking for money because I am NOT, I am just making things known :) I think that the biggest lesson I have learned is how I never realized how hard it can be to be on my own which also includes taking responsibility for my financial situation, I think studying abroad made me grow up, although I had to make the mistake of not being prepared and thinking that I knew it all (Yes, I just admitted I was wrong, Kerry, YOU were right [as always] :-P ). I guess I will come home a bit more wiser.

But it really doesn't matter, I AM getting home, I will just have to work twice as hard this summer to pay it all back.

I think I am going to stay the night in the Airport, since I will not have any money for a hotel or hostel.

I am getting a little nervous because I don't like to fly, but I am more excited to get home.

Staying in the airport isn't really going to bother me because I doubt I will be able to sleep with all my excitement and nerves, but I will be craving coffee and a smoke but again.. I can do it, besides I won't even have any funds for that anyway (I guess that is a hint that I should stop smoking huh? DO NOT ANSWER THAT! I plan on quitting when I get home, since the apartment I am getting in the fall will be smoke free)

I know everything will work out, so I am not worried. I just wish I had more funds so I wouldn't be a stretched for cash and anxty about the trip, and would be able to at least have a bit of a safety net incase something happens that I can't forse, like a delay on my bus, causing me to miss my train, or to get food while I wait at the airport lol.

Plus I need to print papers, and I don't have enough cash on my student account to pay for them :(

But I am going to go and see if the international office will be able to pay for my papers, since they clearly didn't give us enough money for printing ( I mean 2 GBP only? Come on, that isn't even enough for the amounts of papers they have us do, not even enough for one class.)

I guess I am just so excited to get home that I am not really worried.

Oh well.. everything will work out, and I am just so excited :)

I will post more information as I get it, including flight times, air lines, and my ETA to Indianapolis International Airport :)