Hair Straightener

I'm totally binge eating right now. I haven't eaten really since we made gnocchi in class today at like 1 p.m. I just got home and starting cooking like crazy. Ahhh, I just can't get enough of this Italian food. Wednesdays and Thursdays are gonna be rought because it's just solid class all the way through. I have no idea how I ever survived high school. There are tons of parties going on tonight at all the bars by the Santa Croce but I'm probably not going to go. It feels like I have WAY too much to prepare for before tomorrow.

Class for 8 hours, train for 3, bus for 1, then waiting, waiting, waiting in Milan until 6:45 a.m. till I fly to Barcelona. I feel like I've been going on these random excursions so much in the past couple of years that it almost doesn't even phase me anymore. I mean, I'm excited but I've come to learn that things like this never actually hit me or feel like they're happening until they actually do. Even the transitional part of traveling doesn't even seem real anymore, I'm leaving the country tomorrow and I'm just like Meh, NBD. I wonder what I'll think of this experience once I'm older and I think back on it. I better not have any regrets. I should have taken out a student loan I think so I wouldn't be constantly thinking about money and how much and how little to spend on each and everything.

I just got an unexpected email from my dad that made me really happy. He said.. "I was so worried that you might not like Florence. I mean, I knew you would like it because you always have liked traveling. Ever since we stayed on the 14th floor of the Marriott in Ft. Lauderdale when you were ten years old, I knew you were going to always have that travel bug - new places would always interest you, you couldn't stop staring out the window. I am also glad you are trying new things, best way to learn a city." To further prove how technologically unadvanced he is, he called SKYPE "the spine" hahahaha oh geez that's funny. Guilty confession - I miss my parents a little. I didn't think I would but just a couple random things make me think about them. Eddie and Adrienne too, I think they would really like it here and I hope that one day they study abroad too.

OK.. There is too much to do and so little time! I need to pack and get orgainized. I'm going crazy without any structure. Ugh, PRIORITIES remember?! I have to go. I will probably update again once I'm back from SPAIN! Loveeeeeeee.

Oh and P.S. WE FINALLY GOT A HAIR STRAIGHTENER! MY LIFE IS OFFICIALLY COMPLETE. That's my one girly thing that I can't seem to be without. I haven't straightened my hair since I got here and I swear I could here hallelujah in the background of my apartment once I was done with my first straighten in what feels like forever. Ahhhhh! This is too exciting!