sequestered in my lair

Last night was so much fun! Realizing that this weekend was going to be consumed by large amounts of homework and studying, we went back to the Ombre Rosse. This is a little bar in our neighborhood that has live music every Thursday night (the month of October is Blues). It was so much fun to sit with my roomies (sans Molly, she ditched us for the Amalfi Coast) and listen to the band. This particular blues band even had a harmonica player. How much more blue-sy can you get? Not much.

Joining us at our table was a little Russian couple. They managed to make conversation with me, though it was challenging. The man spoke "extreme English" (I think he meant broken....), but the girl spoke it pretty well. It was a little hard to hear over the music, but she certainly tried. I think she was excited about being able to use her English. I gathered that she went to school in Belgium, and had been traveling around Europe for the last month. She wanted to know how long I would be in Rome and where I was studying. After a while, we gave up and just listened to the music.

Today, has been every bit as dull as I thought it would be.

I slept in (woot), ate breakfast, then hit the books. I have barely moved from my bed (which is functioning as desk) all day. As a result, I got a great start on the research for paper (researching child sex tourism is not for the faint of heart), started my Public Law midterm study guide (lots of Latin words), and made a study guide for my Italian test (lots of Italian words...). It has been very boring, but necessary work.

The one exciting thing consisted of a cheesecake making study break. Erica found a recipe for a blueberry peach cheesecake that we simply had to try out. So we all took a break and convened in the kitchen. Much to our surprise, the recipe made a lot of filling, so we ended up making two cheesecakes. Such a sad revelation...

Anywhoo, the plan for the evening is to rip me from my laptop, eat cheesecake, paint nails, and watch a chick-flick. I feel like that will be a great end to a rather exhausting day.