I’m at Heathrow airport now, and my flight to Chicago will be boarding in about 40 minutes. Exciting!!

I had a bit of a scare this morning when I got to Heathrow and asked for directions to terminal 3, and a very ‘helpful’ man told me that terminal 3 was closed and unfortunately I was going to have to go to Luton, over 100 miles away. I started to panic until I realised that the man was laughing at me. I must remember not to be so gulible (and I must learn how to spell gulible).

So far everything has run smoothly *touch wood*. I finally managed to get everything packed (thanks Hannah), got to the train station on time (thanks Lizzie) and eventually got over my hangover from Friday night (thanks everyone who came out, it was awesome).

Tonight I’m going to meet two of the other girls on my trek in Los Angeles, so I wont just be sitting in a hotel room on my own. But I had to get up at 6, and by the time I get to LA it’ll be 11pm UK time, so I’m hoping for a good night’s sleep!

Anyway, must dash… gotta go get some breakfast before my flight. I’m not sure when I’ll be able to update again but I’ll do it as soon as I can. I’m likely to not have phone signal for a lot of my trek, so if I dont text you back its probably not because I’m ignoring you. Best way to contact me is probably by email (katiemcphillimy@googlemail.com).

Wish me luck!