48 hours to go!

I'm beyond words at this point. I have almost everything packed minus a few things I left in Las Cruces, and this is my last full day at home. I weighted my pack and it's currently 23 pounds (not too bad), and my day bag is just under 10(I'm not sure how that one got so heavy). Thanks to my awesome brother, I used a compression sack to store all my clothes in, and I have a few weeks worth of clothes all in a bag smaller than my purse. I will upload pictures soon. Tomorrow I will be going back to Las Cruces to pick up those various items, and to spend the night so that Tuesday morning I can get to the airport bright and early.
The nerves are starting to kick in, as well as the overwhelming excitement. I actually woke up at 5am this morning despite the fact I didn't fall asleep until after midnight. I don't know how I managed this because I've been sleeping in until well past 9am. I think the sleepless nights have probably started. I don't know how I am going to manage sleeping the next 2 or 3 nights, I may have to invest  in some Tylenol PM.
On a more exciting note, my dad set me up with the most wonderful, sweet lady from London, Toni. She called me yesterday evening (close to midnight her time!!!) and we had the most lovely chat. She gave me suggestions, as well as told me more about the history of the UK. I can't wait to meet up with her as I can already tell meeting up with her is going to be one of the highlights of my trip. She has told me of her plans to take me to check out the south bank, have tea by the river Thames, check out an old book market (how cool does that sound?) as well as the famous royal festival hall. This is a link she gave me on the festival of Britain, and this is link about events going on in the Southbank area.  She is seriously the sweetest, and now I'm that much more excited to go to London.
I will be back with more, soon, I promise! Here's to many sleepless nights to come,
Kenzie xxxxx