….ooh
the panino shop, so for a couple months when we first got here a couple of the
USAC kids found this shop about a block away from school where you can make
your own paninis, choose the bread, grab a tomato and hand it to the lady for
her to wash and slice it, then pick your meat and cheese from the deli and you
only pay like 2 euros for all of the deliciousness….so I kept hearing, and
meant to go over and over again and just never did….im not quite sure why
because, if its 1 block from the school, its only 1 block from my house J…but
I finally went about a month ago and have been simply addicted to it ever since….
…this
morning I had my last actual class of the semester….our review class for
Italian…all that now stands between me and the end is 2 finals in italian and
culture on Wednesday….which is a crazy thought truly….i think because I have
been in such an easy semester, in comparison to if I were home this semester, I
don’t feel like I should be on summer yet….that probably also has something to
do with the fact that the end of school means the end of Italy, and that is
pretty sad too…..
….but
then after class it was to the panini shop to pick up some lunch J
all my favs today, prosciutto crudo, tomato and pecorino cheese with black
pepper …totally yummy….and the panini shop also has plain potato chips that
taste like Tim’s Cascades so that was another bonus…then it was home for lunch….and
a much needed nap before studying….i swear, I thought that I would one day grow
out of getting sick everytime some big change was happening, but I don’t think I
ever will…..i always get sick, gradutation, going to college, leaving for Christmas,
then home for summer, then back to school then for Christmas again this time
because I knew I wasn’t coming back for spring, and again when I left the US….and
now Im pretty sure im getting sick again….poor little baby immune system….oh
well that’s why god made naps J…….also fun fact about Italian and naps…..in the
Italian language, you don’t “take” a nap, you “make” a nap J….always
makes me giggle when I tell Ely J….
….after
my nap it was off to work, so I planted myself out on the balcony to start
Italian…sheesh, tests are dumb….but thanks to Spotify, the Italian sun, and the
sounds of the street below it was able to get a good study session in for a few
hours, at least enough time to get all of my notecards made…still so many hours
of Italian and Culture studying left between now and next Wednesday though that
is for sure….
…at
about 4:30, Ely and I were off to her friend Linda’s, she gave us massages
which was amazing and soooo perfect right before finals week….I told Ely to do
it for Latizia before her finals week everytime and she will be the most loved
mom ever….it was so so nice and relaxing…especially because the most recent of
the werid sickness symptoms is body aches….but moral of the story, I now was
massages before every finals week…or just every week, that would do too J….
…afterwards
we all went out for Chinese food….a fantastic evening….Linda is crazy, she
literally introduces herself that way…she only speaks Spanish and Italian but
knows how to say, hi im linda and im crazy, in Italian…so even though she
speaks to fast and in a million different voices, and is sometimes also
speaking Sicilian so I literally have NO idea what the heck she is saying, she
is so freaking funny….literally I just laugh at her all the time J….but
it was a great relaxing evening…..
….this
morning it was up, shower, packed and now I’m off with Ely and Giacomo (Simone
is off on some “guys weekend” with his buddies to celebrate all of their 40th
birthdays or something, I just kinda laughed at him trying to explain it to me
and then was dying of laughter at Ely’s commentary J) to meet Ely’s dad, Ricardo at his flat in
Coermayeur…..a little Italian town in Valley d’Aosta at the base of Mont Blanc….im
so excited….when Ely tells you to go on a diet 2 days before we leave because
you are going to eat so much this weekend, you know its gonna be a great
weekend….we are off this afternoon after we pick up G from school and will be
there until Sunday morning…..G has a birthday party during the day and then
dinner for Mother’s Day….it should be a great last weekend…..so crazy that I
will be in Munich waiting for my flight to Chicago 1 week from right now…..4
months went by so fast…..
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