Today is May 18th, which is the day I (Kat) fly to Heathrow. Alyssa's not coming until June 5th so I'll be updating this all alone until she joins in. As I have yet to depart, I have no news, but I expect to notify everyone of my arrival later tomorrow.

Fun fact: I have packed one absolutely essential item, and I'm not referring to underwear. I found a deck of Obama Presidential playing cards. Its jokers are Bush and McCain.