My travelling day from hell

So, monday night i'm all packed and ready to go despite some last minute panicking about my phone i was generally set to go. Then Tuesday morning my alarm goes off at the wrong time and so i literally have half an hour to finish doing everything i wanted to do, get ready, have breakfast and head off. So the journey to the airport was carefree pretty much (even with mum doing the driving instead of dad lol) We arrived on time and had a tearful goodbye which was really hard.

Luckily i didnt have much time to kill once in the airport so didnt get to bored. On the plane i was sat next to a young couple, we didnt talk much but they seemed really friendly. The plane was delayed (not really sure how long to be honest) Had fairly nice flight over-I watched Step up 2: the streets (again) and then Fool's Gold which is actually really good. Embarassing though cause it was really funny and felt a bit of a fool laughing out loud lol. Then watched What Happens in Vegas on my ipod in between reading bits of Harry Potter.

When i landed thats when the fun began lol. The first hitch was at customs/immigration. The queue was huge and i was waiting there for ages. Was desperate for the loo so when they called me forward was so relieved. The guy behind the counter was actually laughing and joking with me and was really nice which was weird for me cause normally at florida border control they are really strict and rarely smile. He told me all i had to do was to go to this room and pick my paperwork up and then i was done. So i went to the room and sat down in a packed, very small room. An hour and a half later a guy came out asked me where i was working this year and then gave me my passport back with no extra paperwork! He said that all they had had to do was to check it. The annoying thing was i was going to try and meet up with couple of people i had spoke to on facebook and i actually saw them go past but couldnt leave to say anything.

When i finally left the woman said that there had been another virgin flight come in (from gatwick) and that they had put my luggage on there so i waited bout half hour before i saw a woman bringing my stuff in from another room and putting it up against a wall. So i picked my luggage up and had to wheel to suitcases over to the customs declaration where he checked my papers again and decided to chat to me for bout 5-10 minutes. All i wanted to do was leave. Got through there to the next room where they told me i needed to give them my luggage as i had too much to take over to the other terminal. So i left it with them begrudgingly (sp?) and went up the stairs to get the monorail type tram to the main terminal. once stepping off it was pretty daunting as to where to go-i decided on baggage claim A as that was where the virgin flights were. Got there and after an hour one of my bags came-it was the only one!!! An announcement came on that they were now going to come through upstairs so i had to cart my suitcase up. Got my bag pretty much straight away and then had to back downstairs to get transport.

As i was sooooo tired and on the verge of bursting into tears i decided to get a taxi to Vista Way only the taxi driver didnt know where he was going so i had to ring arrivals and put him on the phone to them. Eventually we arrived in the pouring rain and had to pull my suicases through puddles as we couldnt lift them in time. Arrived at reception, watched a small video and then headed off with a guy called maurice who took my baggage back through the puddle to his car. When we arrived at my accommodation-apartment 417 Commons i was so pissed off to find my key didnt work in the lock so had to wait bout half hour for security to come and let me in!!! So havent had time to shop or anything!!!! Had pack of crisps for tea lol

Met a couple of my flatmates who seem really nice. Havent met the others yet as i fell asleep. Was trying to wait up to meet my roomate claire but must have fallen asleep. Hopefully i will talk to her later.

Right im heading off now to get ready for orientation so will speak soon xxxx