Monday, May 26, 2014

Blog by Sydney Staples

For starters, Happy Memorial Day! Thank you to all who served our country. You are appreciated and never forgotten! Today was a special day. My roommate woke me up because I no longer have a cell phone with an alarm! I threw on some clothes that wouldn’t rub against my burnt body too harshly, brushed my teeth and was out the door within 20 minutes! I headed to class a little early to prepare for my last final as a junior at the University of Washington! Where has the time gone?! I feel like I was just a freshman at UW. Now I am preparing to fly home from Italy as a legal adult, about to start her senior year of college! After I killed my final, I walked back to my apartment to grab my laptop and meet my final presentation group at the Rome Center. We needed to work on our powerpoint presentation for Wednesday! After spending some time on creating an appealing slide show, we grabbed lunch at our favorite kebab shop near school. After I ate, I met Veronika at Stephanie’s coffee shop near Campo di Fiori. I updated my journal for an hour or so and then went back to my apartment to take a nap. I am currently as red as a tomato, and the sun sucked the energy out of me yesterday, so I needed some rest. I woke up at 6pm and skyped my mother and little sister, and it made my day. I love skyping my friends and family because I feel so close to them again, rather than half way across the world. It was great to hear their voices and see their faces. Two more weeks and I’m comin’ for ya!! Then my apartment and I left for dinner with the program at a fancy Italian restaurant James picked out. Because we have a lot of money left in our food budget, we were each able to spend about 40 euro on our meal. I got bruschetta with tomatoes, a caprese salad, mixed vegetables, and 3-colored pasta with smoke salmon and provolone cheese! It was delicious! For dessert, most of the group got a Tiramisu. Being the garbage gut of the group, I cleaned two other plates because they were too full. I have the biggest sweet tooth in the world! We caught the 44 home and I tried to skype my grandparents, but they didn’t answer my call. I decided to plug in to Pandora and catch up on my social media, and chat with my friends on Messenger. All in all, it was a chill day, filled with fruit, friends, family, and fooooooood. Now it’s bed time! Thanks for listening to my blog these past two months! I had an incredible experience here in Italy. Off to Paris on Thursday! Ciao everyone, and take care!