So, yesterday, I will admit, I got a very bad case of the homesickness. I was mopey and was feeling very unloved and out of touch with everything I know in love....but, I guess you could say I was "shaken" back to my senses because I witnessed a small earthquake. Only, I'm such a Kansas girl, that I didn't realize that was what it was until today when everyone was talking about it. I noticed that my bed, the walls, and all of my belongings were shaking gently for about 20 slow seconds...and then it was over. At first, my being a slight perv, I thought that maybe there was something crazy going on in the room above ours...but after i saw that everything was shaking....i thought, no this can not be the case. So, I went to sleep and woke up a couple times throughout the night.
Today, went to class. Italian was good...but I feel like I lose it all as soon I leave the room. So, I must do some homework asap. Then, during my break, one of my roomies and her friend was in the room. We hung out, decided to go shopping, and then went to get gelato. We found the best place and it's pretty cheap. Raspberry and blueberry with dark chocolate is what i had today. DELISH! Then, we went to a friend's place and hung out until I had to go to class. THEN when i went there...I had a change of heart. I was so hungry b/c I had eaten so lightly all weekend. AND so, we made pasta al pomodoro (pasta with a tomato/chili pepper sauce), polpettone (a version of meatloaf...so good!), herb and garlic zucchini (mmmmmmmmmmmm), and torta di Ricotta (which is lemon cake that you use ricotta cheese instead of butter in....so scrumptious). since our class only has 6 people in it, we're getting to know eachother really well and we get to be more relaxed and more hands-on with all of the recipes. We listened to music of the meditteranean, danced a little, made hand squeezed lemonade, and ate like Kings! I ate soooooo much. It was delicious! If a good meal and great company doesn't make you rethink the homesick situation, I don't know what will. I feel like a whole new woman.
I have the day off of class tomorrow and so I have a few things on my to do list:
1)buy a backpack...didn't bring one and it might be handy for this weekends adventures...plus, all of my luggage broke per the whole arrival experience
2) finish buying textbooks...if they didn't squeeze all my money out through all the books...they are doing a great job with lab fees! SHEESH!
3) go to the appliance store and investigate buying a hotplate...see if it's worth it.
4) finish all homework so i can be free for the weekend
5) who knows...explorE?
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