All you need is a light jacket...

Oh hey. Its me again. Nothing terribly exciting has been happening in Rome. Now that the political turmoil has subsided there are not riots around every corner. It is a real shame. Never fear! Now that the drama surrounding Berlusconi is calming those in the unions are picking up the slack. I just got notification that there will be a strike tonight and tomorrow night. Woohoo! You may be thinking, "self, I thought she said there was no excitement in Rome, that seems like excitement." You would be partially correct. It would indeed be excitement if I relied on public transportation to get to and from school and the store. Alas, I am within walking distance of everything. So no excitement for Kate.

Classes today were interesting. My human trafficking prof decided to do our final exam review today. It was five minutes in length and she told us the final would cover everything after the midterm. Super helpful. Also, the exam is not until December 13. The next three weeks will be student presentations. Things I am not really looking forward to.

The class that is now being taught by the University's President has gone from my favorite to my least favorite. I feel like we are being babysat. We all shuffle into class, my peers give their presentations, and we shuffle back out. He takes attendance and says a few words. Today however, he decided to lecture on how one should give a presentation. Good idea, yes. However, it would have been better had he not used the two presentations given in class today as the "what not to do" examples. He spent a good fifteen minutes critiquing their presentations. I felt awful for them. If you have problems with their presentations address it with them individually, not in front of the whole class. As Molly would say, "bad news bears."

On a completely different note, IT FEELS LIKE FALL!!!!!!!!!!!!! *happy dance* The lows in the evenings are in 40s and during the day it is in the low 60s. The Italians, and those from warmer climates, are all freezing, but I could not be more ecstatic. I chuckle to myself as I watch them waddling to and fro all bundled up. Some of them even have a slight Minnesota lean going on. I have been wearing a light jacket (not too hot, not too cold... Ms. Congeniality anyone?) or no jacket at all. They look at me like I have six heads. Oh well.

I have been throwing open the windows and basking in the October like weather. I even have been sleeping with the window open. My roommates think that I am insane. They have been shutting my open windows and turning on the radiators. *sigh* To each his own I guess.