AM

I slept six or seven hours last night and right now I’m hunkered down in my bunk. It’s after noon but I’m in no rush. I have a pretty laid back day planned which includes eating a bento box for lunch, buying a pass for the tube, loading Peter Henry’s cell phone with minutes, and finding the Grinnell in London site. I may walk back to Paddington Station since the streets around there had some neat shops but I’ll probably wait until tomorrow when I meet Ryan.

At 12:45 this morning, two kids entered our room, made their beds, unzipped and zipped their luggage really loudly and a bunch of times, and then went to sleep (I think in the same bed)—they’re still here and I’m not getting dressed until they’re gone. They also left all of their huge bags on the floor of main room. Now they’re sitting on them. Even thought the oldest has a “Camel Brand” backpack, they can’t be older than 12 and 14. Before I leave, I’m thinking about organizing all the shit I threw under my bed last night. When I came upstairs, one of my roommates was sleeping and the other was in the shower so the main room was completely dark. Instead of turning on the light, I opened my laptop and used the light from the desktop to find clean underwear and pajama pants. I managed to get my watch and my wallet into bed with me but the rest is sort of just down there.

I found my approximate location on a map this morning (AWESOME!) and then found the GIL site which is, in theory, just down the central line. I need to leave soon so when I get lost, I can at least ask for directions in the daylight. It’s raining now and the wind is blowing which means I’m not sweating AT ALL. This weather is the best kind.

Oh man, I think the babies are getting ready to leave. I don’t really understand what they’ve been doing for the last two hours.