Delinquent, perhaps...

According to Kelsey I am a delinquent when it comes to updating my blog. Perhaps she is right. Mi dispiace (see how much I am learning?!).

Here is my last 48 hours....

Sunday:

I awoke bright and early to go to church with Erica. We shared a pot of coffee and then scampered off Piazza San Lorenzo. After two months I think we finally have mastered public transportation (knock on wood) and made it there with no bumps in the road, metaphorically speaking of course.

Post church we decided it was high time we saw the Pantheon. We walk past it on a weekly basis, but just never went in (mainly to avoid obnoxious throngs of tourists). Finally, we succumbed to the pressure and toted our cameras to church. The lighting inside was dreadful, but regardless I will post pictures.

Then it was a quick grocery shopping trip. We always seem to be out of milk over here. They don't sell it in gallons, and it expires really quickly. We never know if we will be able to drink two containers fast enough. This results in us buying milk on almost a daily basis. Thank goodness we found a grocery store that is open in Sundays.

The most exciting part of the day occurred in the evening. If you follow my blog on a semi-regular basis you know there is a blues joint we like to go to on Thursdays. Well, a few weeks ago there was an amazing group there, and we decided we wanted to buy CDs. Kelsey contacted them and they told us that they were playing at a different acoustic cafe (just for you, Mom) and we should come listen and pick up our CDs. We did and they were amazing!!! Instead of just Gina and Daniele, they were joined by two other vocalists. Bah. They were so good. My favorite would have to be the a-capella song that they did. Words can not even begin to describe how good it was.

Monday:

Class all day. Ugh. So much lecturing. Woe is the life of a student.

My Human Trafficking paper got pushed back until Monday. My procrastinating classmates "forgot" it was due on Wednesday and begged for it to be due later. My prof complied. She should be charged with aiding and abetting. Real life is going to be really rough for some of these people if they can't learn to prioritize and meet deadlines. Anyway, I digress....

I have a presentation on the rhetoric of Berlusconi on Wednesday in my media class. I am really looking forward to it. I have been talking to my prof about it and spent a large portion of my evening working on it. It is coming along quite nicely. To prove to you that I am a total dork I asked if I could have more than 15 minutes for my presentation. Because I am used to being severely punished if I go overtime, I asked how much leeway I could get. He said I could have 30 minutes. Huzzah! In my defense, I am covering two 25+ page articles, a chapter from a book, and have to show a video clip, plus there is Q&A. I love presentations!!

That about sums up my day. Oh. Erica made me a delicious spinach, mushroom, mac and cheese for dinner. I felt so loved. She even did the dishes! I feel so pampered : )