After two turbulent, long, and delayed flights, I made it home! I didn’t give my body time to be jetlagged, so I have been on the go since I arrived. My favorite ladies in the world picked me up from the airport and put up with my cranky, exhausted self. Driving from Reagan Airport back to the house was such a great reminder of how fortunate I am and how much I love this city. I had been looking at coming home as a further separation of my two worlds, as if I was torn between the two, and woe is me for not being able to just stay in Rome but lezzhaanest. I mean, life is pretty amazing when the two worlds your life is set in are Rome and Washington. I’m not torn or anywhere near unhappy in either city. Furthermore, having so many of my college friends in DC and probably meeting my high school friends goes to show just how “mesh-able” and cohesive my worlds are. The more I think about it, the more excited I get! 

The only tough part of my life right now is thinking about unpacking…eh I think i’ll just stick to pulling random things out of my suitcase and rolling with it. 

It’s been a while since I wrote. I know I’ve been slacking. Finals drained the energy out of me and I could not stand to look at my computer screen for another moment or bear the thought of writing another full sentence. I needed time to just write like a 14 year old txtg. 

I have recovered fully and am now looking forward to my friends’ graduation this week. I am so excited and so proud of all of them! I also am in denial that so many of my friends are closing this chapter and moving on. It also makes my being just halfway done feel very insignificant. 

I also think we will be moving into a beautiful apartment in the Fall. We walked into the apartment and fell in love immediately, so hopefully all the details and everything work out in our favor and that can be our home for the next TWO years. Yes, kids, I am staying in Roma for-eva-eva. 

Since the Department of Education has decided that those of us studying abroad for four years can no longer take any classes for credit anywhere in the US, I will be spending next summer here! 

I also will be home in 11 days. ELEVEN. It’s all so close. 

and it’s the second day I’ve woken up then. I think it may just be my power time. I seem to just get up and get going. I should test this out through the summer perhaps. Or I can enjoy my sleep. 

i cannot focus long enough to study or write my papers. i need to get it together because these exams are not going to be easy. cannot focus. i currently have the attention span of…something…

3 more days of class then finals, LEA, then home. What is this?! This semester has FLOWN by. I feel like I hesitantly got on the place back to Rome just a few weeks ago, but when I really think about it, so much has happened this time around. 

I’m never going to be able to leave this place. It’s a trap! Once you’re in, you can’t get out. I love Rome way too much to actually be able to not get back on a plane at the end of the summer and head back here. 

Having a friend from here with me is absolutely phenomenal. It makes me realize just how much I love going home. It also makes me realize how much I love being here. I laugh almost as much as I do when I AM home with my people. Always such a good time. 

I know it’s been weeks since I returned from Spain but still haven’t really written about it. The unfortunate death of my camera is to blame…not my inability to write about my break. As soon as I get some pictures I will hop on that

when i’m not thinking about it, life is good, then i remember that i have an insane amount of work to get done. 

until classes end for the semester then finals. 

this might seem like the greatest thing ever, but it mostly reminds me that I have no time to play. I need to keep working and really get things done. No pressure or anything but my papers need to be perfect.