Thursday, May 31, 2012

Packing and Planes


NOTE: I wrote this yesterday while waiting for my 5 hour connection from JFK to London, Heathrow. I was picked up this morning and am having a fantastic time!

Well today was it. Flying to England.


It has been a rough couple of days packing and making sure I see all of my family and such. Monday, Memorial Day, we had a giant BBQ in preparation for my departure.  The kids came up and I got to see all of my uncles! Yay!

My baby cousin Alexis and I
Here I am waiting in JFK with no internet bored out of my mind. L How is this possible!? Well I mistakenly thought that during my 5 hour layover, I would have the Interwebs at my disposal. NO FREE WI-FI. Really Delta/KLM-JFK (the plane food was delicious though)? 

So I shall tell you about my packing!

It was terrible. I cut my knee, stubbed my toe, yelled, screamed, and hollered. But it all fits and I have everything I wanted to bring with my carry on being heavier than expected and my suitcase being lighter.


The best way of packing I found was to roll all of my clothes.  After I set the first layer in I found I still had an large amount of room. They weren’t lying when they told you to roll your clothes, it really works! Fortunately, I now do not have to worry about bringing things back to the states (within reason). It also helped that a lot of my clothes were light and I wore the only jacket I will be taking to England.

This morning was also an adventure. From riding in a tiny airplane to waiting 5 hours for my connecting flight to London Heathrow.

Becky and the tiny airplane
I know I will be exhausted tomorrow when I am picked up from the airport. I MUST FIGHT JET LAG (NOTE: I lost and had to take a nap)!
To be continued…

All of the University News Stories!

Here is a collection of all of the articles, blogs and videos I have done for University News:

Articles:
Student Spotlight: Allie Strader
Financial Literacy Expert
Student Spotlight: Melissa Bromley
RIT Spring Career Fair
Student Packaging Jamboree
RIT Taste of 140 Characters Conference 
Student Spotlight: Meghan Lima
Wifely Role in Sex Scandals 
Student Spotlight: Kara Shierly
Microsoft Puzzle Challenge
The Vagina Monologues 
Student Spotlight: Ross Lancaster
SPIE Conference 
3-D Planeterrainium
Frans Wildenhain: Honoring the Craft
RIT GeneSIS
Student Spotlight: Harshita Sood
Joe Delgado: Helping Others Achieve Wellness Goals
Student Spotlight: Tracey O'Dowd
Frans Wildenhain: Sketchbooks
'Fade' among 20 Best Video Games
Technology Woman of the Year
Crain's 40 Under 40
Three Generations of Alumni
Student Spotlight: Guerin Gagliastri
RIT Players: 'Peanuts' All Grown Up
Student Spotlight: Bharat Thazhathu
Imagine RIT Exhibits Honored
STEP at RIT
Student Spotlight: Chris Haltigin
Autonomus Humanoid Robot at RIT

Blog:
My First Week at University News

Video:

I have also done a lot of captioning, went to press conferences and attended events. Working at University News has been my best professional experience!

I hope I grabbed everything! If not go here and have a look!