Sitting in my room, surrounded by piles and an empty duffel bag. I should be attempting to merge the two. Instead, I'm writing this. If you're reading, that probably means you know me, and therefore should not be surprised by the situation.

Would it be trite to say that I can't believe I'm leaving tomorrow? Well, too bad, I'm saying it anyway. You'd think that after 11 months of working to get to this point, I'd be ready -- excited even -- that it's finally almost here. Instead, I feel a little bit dazed, and a lot stressed out.

I think the main problem is this first month and how unstructured it is. I'll be flying in to London, bussing down to Bournemouth, and staying at a hostel for the first week -- so far, so good. But then I have a week with nothing at all planned, followed by another week in Bournemouth, a week in London, and a final few days in Bournemouth before I fly back home for December. Since the course is only three on-campus days, I have a huge amount of downtime, and so many options as to how to spend it that I'm basically paralyzed by indecision. Add to that the consideration of lumping around the aforementioned duffel bag, and the fact that almost anything I do will be an expense, and really, all I want right now is to go back to bed.

Oh well. If I remember correctly, I felt much the same in the days leading up to my move to LA, and I'd say that turned out rather well for me. Here's hoping this will be similar.

So, any brilliant ideas on something interesting/cheap/easily accessible by public transit for that second week in November?