Arrived Safely!

I wrote this first part last night but I don't have internet in my apt yet....
I’m here!! The past “27” hours but really 20 hours have been pretty good. My Aunt Becca met Kevin and me at the airport and brought us sandwiches, chips, and brownies. After a teary good bye I eventually got myself together and went through security. Apparently my husky dog stuffed animal and tear soaked pillow looked suspicious because the airline chose me for random search. Besides the regular security search, I had to stand in a glass box while they said all these things in code, eventually they let me out the other side of the box and I was on my way. I was lucky enough to have a window seat on both flights with no one sitting next to me on either! I had extra leg room on the flight to London as well. Besides the delay leaving London the flights were fine, watched Friends, Flight of the Concords, and Man on Wire, in between trying to sleep as much as I could.
Allie saved my life by meeting me at the airport. We took a train to Tel Aviv U, couldn’t get a hold of the person I was supposed to call, found our way to the dorms (via a free bus ride around campus so we didn’t have to walk up 120 stairs with my two suitcases), and checked me in. Room/Apt D45. The apartment isn’t so bad, Allie says it’s better than hers (eeek). There are two rooms with two of us in each, a room with a toilet, one with two sinks, a shower, a “dining room” and a “kitchen.” Pics to come. None of my roommates were in the room although some of their bags were already here so Allie and I went to the supermarket to get some crucial things like toilet paper, PB, bread, goldfish pretzel things, etc. Allie and I parted ways and I came back to unpack. A little while later two of my roommates came, Julie and Estelle. Julie is from Indiana and Estelle is from Vancouver. They both speak wayyy better Hebrew than I do (not hard to do) and my third roommate is Israeli (although she may live in America? She’s still not here). I just got back from the coffee shop “Greg” right on the corner for some free wi-fi and coffee/tea with Julie and Estelle tonight. Tomorrow we have orientation and our Ulpan (language school) starts on Sunday. The week here goes Sunday-Thursday, Fri and Sat are the weekend. Time for bed, more Israeli travels soon to come.
-Lauren