Mi dispiaci for the lameness of this blog post. I’ve been getting busier, so I haven’t been recording things that have happened as the week goes on, so I’ve forgotten most of the things that I was going to write down (ever since I started this blog though, when I see something funny or when something significant happens throughout the week, I think to myself- I have to put this in my blog later! Even though I have done a poor job at recording these things, I still think this way… I wonder how long after I’m done blogging my brain will tell me to remember things for my blog…)
Mmkay- I left off with Thurs. So… Fri-
I got up early and went to class. Class was fine but I had a hard time concentrating since it was early. There was another strike with the metro and buses on Friday (like the day that I needed to get to Rome before leaving for Paris), but this was a much less traumatic experience because I was warned beforehand. The metro was still running when I needed to go to class, so I rode it there and I took my map of Naples and wore my walking shoes. At breakfast one of the girls was very worried that I was planning to walk back and told me that there was no way to get back by foot because my University is too deep in the city and there aren’t sidewalks to get back. I figured that if worse came to worse, I would just have to waste time until the metro started running again. As it turns out, I was able to walk back, and it was wonderful. I got to see part of the city which I hadn’t seen before, which was interesting, and I got to walk along a part of the shore which I hadn’t seen yet. Through the big tunnel, which I’m assuming is the part that my friend was worried about, I rode a bus. I walked up to the tunnel, saw the sidewalk, noted it as dodgy, turned around and saw a bus pulling up, so I hopped on, rode it through the tunnel, and hopped off on the other side. It was perfect.
For the rest of that day I’m pretty sure I just wasted time. I took a long nap, finished a movie that I started a long time ago, read, hung out on the roof, etc. Anything but homework.
Saturday- a lot of the same in the morning- I can justify my laziness by saying that I had a big week and needed to relax, which I suppose was true. After lunch on Saturday, I went to the garden with some of the girls and saved a kitten! It was belo. We found the kittens, and five of their six eyes were sealed shut because they were sick. We got some tea and kleenexes and wiped off their eyes- my kitten’s eyes were the worst and after I finally was able to pry them open, there were no eyes there! Just pink flesh… it was sad. So I just laid the kitten in my lap for awhile and petted him, and after a little while, there was some eye peeking out!! He had eyes after all! Once they could all see, the kittens were much more adventurous and friendly; it was very cute. I tried to check on them today but I couldn’t find them anywhere! I hope they didn’t get too adventurous…
Saturday afternoon I went shopping with a couple of the girls- my friend needed a dress for a wedding that she was going to, and I needed more clothes because I’ve been wearing the same one-and-a-half-weeks-worth of clothes for the past eight weeks and they were getting a little old. Shopping in Italy is a much different experience than going into an Old Navy… the shops are very small and you can’t just browse through them- an attendant helps you find things, helps you try them on, helps you accessorize, etc. This was good for me since I didn’t know how to even put on most of the clothes, but I did feel a lot of pressure… I think I prefer Old Navy.
This morning (Sunday), I wore my new dress to church! Church was great, as always. I’m excited for you to see this church and hear the choir, Mom. After church I had lunch, read and listened to music on the roof, looked for the kittens, and skyped Dan as he did his last minute packing! When he left to go to the airport, I went to the library with all my books, fully planning on doing my homework, when there was actually an answer to the skype call that I made to home to wish Mom Happy Mother’s Day! I talked to the whole family, including grandparents, Uncle Chris, Aunt Jenn, Haley, and Noah. I got to show them the terrace on the roof-it was good. After dinner and tertulia, again, I was planning on doing my homework, but I’m just slightly excited about Dan being on his way and I can’t sit still. Maybe I’ll just have Dan do my homework for me??
Mmkay, I need to get my beauty sleep! or Dan may just turn around and hop back on the plane! I don’t know the next time that I will be able to post a blog since I will be playing hostess, cook, tour guide, and going to classes. Maybe I’ll have Dan take over the blogs as well as my homework!
Alright, Ciao!!!
By the way, I was wrong, today is Mother’s Day in Italy as well…. The girls had probably mentioned it, I just don’t speak Italian…
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