Hello Family! It's 2:30 PM here and I'm toasty warm sipping my Caramel Macchiato in Starbucks while it's absolutely pouring rain outside. Ick! I'm a bit tired today - I think a bit of jet lag and a bit of being woken up at 4 AM by my two new roommates. Well they stumbled in around 4 am. One of them went right to bed and the other spent the next half hour puking (I'm guessing they had too much to drink) and then they crawled into bed with her friend and they sored the rest of the night away. I decided to take a walk and get some breakfast at 4 am (they have free breakfast at my place woo hoo!). By the time I got back they were asleep so I caught some more ... read more

Just a quick post for now - pics will be posted later tonight. Arrived alive and well a full hour early this morning. Glasgow was gray and overcast but not rainy at all (actually I haven't seen a drop yet which is just fantastic). The view flying in was absolutely gorgeous. Just SO MUCH GREEN! Everywhere green. Really really amazing to see. During the flight I was seated next to a middle-aged schizophrenic (literally) and his ancient father who sneezed coughed and blew his nose obnoxiously loud into a hanky for half the flight. They were sweet though, true Glasgownians heading back home after a vacation to Canada. They were both absolutely terrified of flying which was kind of cute. The big guy next to me (and I mean big guy - the schizo) he crossed ... read more