sorry so long

the computer at my last assignment in Italy was totally horrible. It was a dial-up connection, and you had to remove the modem and reboot like every five seconds. Sometimes it even deleted the keyboard randomly. SOooooo...needless to say, I didnt' get to blog at all!

My time in Italy is over, and I am back in the States. Surreal doesn't even begin to explain how I feel. I got 85 pictures printed out today so that I can have some to at least have a basis for people's understanding. I miss my girlfriends...I don't live near any of them, and so I can't show them the pictures! I'm thankful that Bley is coming to visit from Dayton on Wed.

I miss hearing Italian...I feel like I will forget everything in a week if I don't hear it again. I wish I could somehow meet someone who speaks it.

It's a heat wave here-98 degrees and humid today. I sweated just being alive. Only here...there is air conditioning...I'll admit it...I was thankful for it!!

I wore a strapless shirt in a daring move. My friends didn't say anything-but I know they were suprised. Maybe I'm just tired of being self-conscious. I think I will be more comfortable in my own skin from now on. ...who cares what they think!


I don't care if my mom says Fernando looks like Moglie from the Jungle book-I think he is the most unsually beautiful person I've ever seen.

The amount of stuff in my brain to process makes me get nothing done.