OOPS! Forgot about this for awhile. My last month in Europe has consisted of a triage of sorts; deciding what I have time, money, and energy for. it turns out the blog has come last, right behind putting on makeup and checking my bank statements. Anyhow, here I am, spending my last couple days at the Villa and dragging my feet on finals.
Since I left you, I went to the Amalfi Coast, which was another kind of Sicily; pure, slightly tropical, relaxing heaven. The weekend after that my parents came to visit which was a very different kind of fun for awhile! I've just wrapped up my last full weekend in the Villa, and am "preparing" for finals. If possible, the completion of homework has fallen even slightly behind updating my blog on my priorities list. Classes are incredibly hard to take seriously since we're abroad. Other abroad programs vaguely claim to have similar standards to their home school, but it is rarely true, except for here. Tons O' Fun!
Today was my last day teaching my little Italian 3rd graders which was incredibly sad because I want to adopt almost all of them. Except Cristoforo, that little rascal! Pictures will be on the ol' facebook any day now.
This Saturday I will be joining my brother Pat and his girlfriend Melissa, and I'm really excited! Barring the possibility of some remote, previously dormant volcano exploding, sending thousands of pounds of blinding ash into the atmosphere, halting all air travel in Europe, causing the most drastic cancellation of flights since 9/11, we'll spend the next week and a half in Venice, Milan, Cinque Terre, Florence, and Rome.
Wait... oops.
