Literally, the LONGEST Day of My Life...Part 3

I told you it was the longest day ever.

We go to the Residential Orientation to learn all the rules. The meeting includes all the CSU students. Also there are the girls across the hall in 2, Rebecca and Mahdice, the boys down the hall in 5, Lucas and Fletcher, and some of the girls upstairs in 10, Jenni, Katie, and Becki. In total there are 15 people here from CSU Fullerton and Long Beach. One of the R.L. (Resident Life), Maggie, shows up late and when we raise our concerns of no power, pressure, and an unplugged fridge she runs to get another one, James. He takes us to our rooms and flips on a few switches in the hall. Apparently the fuse was turned off. He also finally gets for us our welcome packets that include the orientation schedule. It seems now they are ready for us, after we arrived.

Next Maggie took us on a walking tour of the area so we knew where the "local amenities" were including the quickie marts and tube station along with Foundation House and Metrogate. Foundation House is where the Admin ad our classes are and Metrogate is where the PC Lab is located along with the mail. Once we got to Foundation House, we were left on our own. My flatmates along with the girls across the hall and the boys were all hungry. We decided to stop at a pub and then get some food. Everybody ordered a drink. When some started to order a second round, Nicole and I were so hungry we went down the street to a fish and chips place. How appropriate, though I did get fried chicken and chips and it was so good. Part of the joy from the chicken came from not having eaten anything besides chex mix for at least 10 hours.

We came back to the pub where they had ordered nachos. I was a little surprised to see nachos in London, but they looked decent. But when I looked at them again, I noticed the chips were slightly orange. They were not normal tortilla chips, but Doritos. They were good nonetheless. We left the first pub to find another. After roam the streets near our flat (we did not want to get lost on our first night), we found a bar. It was classier than the pub. After a drink we left. We split up into two groups. One to the liquor store, the other to get food. I went to get food. We fond ourselves at Burger King. I am still hanging my head in shame. We met back at Flat 1, my flat and chatted until 2 in the morning. That would be 6pm back home in Orange County. By the time I finally got to sleep I had been up for over 30 hours with only a few minutes of sleep and very little food.

And with that my very long, very emotional, very long day was over.

Until we meet again,

-Maggie the traveler