Hello Everyone!
While I might not be good at updating this blog, at least I have been consistent in it. I think my last update was in March, so I’ll catch you up on April!
• My grandmom, aunt, and second cousin came to visit. It was fun! We did things. I took pictures of us doing them. Having family visit is cute.
• I figured out that some pastries they make here are vegan. I went pretty wild over that. There are these crazy banana almond things that are paradise (I had to teach Paradise in class today).
• I finally tried the Indian restaurant in town. It was delicious but expensive.
Apparently, April was more boring than I thought. I also ate a lot of pizza and sat outside. The weather finally got nice. There were a ton of surprise rain attacks, but that is pretty normal for April.
May has been way more exciting than April already:
• I went to my first Italian disco on Friday. Laura’s friend just started a record label and her first band was playing, so we went to see them. It was on the lake and fancy. Outside, there was a pool that changed colors and a fake piano. There was also a scary German man who yelled at us for “making a fool of him” and pictures of naked men in the bathroom.
• I went to my second Italian disco on Saturday. There was a boy strip show at this one. They pretend they are in a locker room. On Tuesday, my 16 year old student and I realized we were both there. What a coincidence! I feel the same about Italian discos as I do American discos. Here is something that I just realized: I’ve started calling clubs discos. I feel good about that.
• Laura and I had a picnic with Franco and Melissa (who was visiting Laura from Spain) on Lake Garda. It was really hot and there was a lot of wine involved. Needless to say, I was asleep for most of it. Franco’s mom made us a potato and mushroom tort that I ate most of. I was awake for that.
• One of my classes ended last night, so tonight we are having a dinner! I made cookies. They are peanut butter and chocolate chip. This is the class I made pb&j sandwiches for, so I know they like peanut butter. Thankfully. Oh man, Shannon sent me a package and it had two huge cookies in it! They were delicious. I can’t wait to eat lots of sweet cookies when I come back!!
Okay I think that covers life pretty well. See you in less than two months!
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Saturday, March 1, 2008
life
I have decided that it is too difficult to try to write about everything that has happened since I last updated, so I will pretend that I have been updating all along. And if you have been reading Laura’s blog, then you pretty much know what is going on anyway.
It is starting to feel like spring here! I am afraid that by saying that I am going to jinx it, but it has to be said. I didn’t even wear socks yesterday or today! I have realized that I really hate wearing socks. They are annoying and have to be washed too often.
I ate sushi finally this week! It was good but expensive. The restaurant was really swank and I almost felt underdressed in my jeans. The Italians were serious about their sushi and chopsticks. Also, Laura and I went to a Mexican restaurant last night. It was so good! They even had chips and salsa, but the basket of chips was so small that it was comical. The waitress there even knew what vegan was, so she helped me pick out dinner. I got so much food though that I couldn’t even finish my dinner. That never happens! AND taking home leftovers is against the cultural rules in Italy, so I just had to abandon them. But it was a fun night anyway.
Teaching is still really fun. I like pretty much all of my students. This week Laura and I are getting pizza with students from two of our classes at the bank. I am pretty excited about this event. I have this new student who is only 16 and intimidates me more than all my adult students. My adult students know that I don’t know everything, but I don’t think that she has come to that realization yet. And let me tell you, it is stressful being all-knowing.
I have been on a peanut butter binge since we got here. I know this will be hard to believe, but I think my love for it has increased. I guess I just love the things I can’t have. Abby brought us 8 pounds when she visited and we have almost finished that on top of the maybe 8 other jars we had. Remember that this has only been since the end of December. It is insane. Insanely wonderful. I passed along the joy of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to one of my classes. I made one crunchy and one creamy and it was a big success.
Wait, here is a crazy story:
On Valentine’s Day, Laura and I went with Elena to a concert at the university. And guess who was in the audience with us. Dante’s last living descendant. Isn’t that the most insane answer I could’ve given you? I wanted to tell him that a bust of Dante watches me sleep. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the chance.
So, the internet has stopped working on my computer. I don’t know what has happened to it. It is pretty annoying because now I have to go to internet cafes and pay for it. So if I don’t respond to you immediately, that is why.
I bought some really awesome yarn about a month ago and came up with a really awesome, complicated pattern for a scarf, but now I have no motivation to do it because I am scared that I am going to mess it all up. I think I need some support to get through it.
Happy March!
It is starting to feel like spring here! I am afraid that by saying that I am going to jinx it, but it has to be said. I didn’t even wear socks yesterday or today! I have realized that I really hate wearing socks. They are annoying and have to be washed too often.
I ate sushi finally this week! It was good but expensive. The restaurant was really swank and I almost felt underdressed in my jeans. The Italians were serious about their sushi and chopsticks. Also, Laura and I went to a Mexican restaurant last night. It was so good! They even had chips and salsa, but the basket of chips was so small that it was comical. The waitress there even knew what vegan was, so she helped me pick out dinner. I got so much food though that I couldn’t even finish my dinner. That never happens! AND taking home leftovers is against the cultural rules in Italy, so I just had to abandon them. But it was a fun night anyway.
Teaching is still really fun. I like pretty much all of my students. This week Laura and I are getting pizza with students from two of our classes at the bank. I am pretty excited about this event. I have this new student who is only 16 and intimidates me more than all my adult students. My adult students know that I don’t know everything, but I don’t think that she has come to that realization yet. And let me tell you, it is stressful being all-knowing.
I have been on a peanut butter binge since we got here. I know this will be hard to believe, but I think my love for it has increased. I guess I just love the things I can’t have. Abby brought us 8 pounds when she visited and we have almost finished that on top of the maybe 8 other jars we had. Remember that this has only been since the end of December. It is insane. Insanely wonderful. I passed along the joy of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to one of my classes. I made one crunchy and one creamy and it was a big success.
Wait, here is a crazy story:
On Valentine’s Day, Laura and I went with Elena to a concert at the university. And guess who was in the audience with us. Dante’s last living descendant. Isn’t that the most insane answer I could’ve given you? I wanted to tell him that a bust of Dante watches me sleep. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the chance.
So, the internet has stopped working on my computer. I don’t know what has happened to it. It is pretty annoying because now I have to go to internet cafes and pay for it. So if I don’t respond to you immediately, that is why.
I bought some really awesome yarn about a month ago and came up with a really awesome, complicated pattern for a scarf, but now I have no motivation to do it because I am scared that I am going to mess it all up. I think I need some support to get through it.
Happy March!
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