Well, I wasn't expecting that

Last night I emailed the school in Florence with a few questions. I had not heard back from my family in Florence and so I just addressed some of my questions to the school instead. The thing I had been most curious about was the age of the daughter in the family (so, my family is a mom, daughter, and their cat). I was shocked when I opened the email and it said that she was 40. Now, it doesn't bother me that she still lives at home or anything (my dad thought I was saying that), but I just did not expect that at all. I am hoping that she will be friendly and helpful when it comes to me exploring other parts of the country. I am still hopeful that she will accompany me one weekend to another city.

On another note: Rome needs to get it together. I need to see all that Rome has to offer, and the riots/protests are making me a little nervous to go there. I simply cannot travel to Italy without seeing Vatican City, il colosseo, etc. So, ROME...GET IT TOGETHER!!!!!!!!!!!!

I did have an exciting moment this morning of "OMG I AM GOING TO ITALY!!!!" Surprisingly, this is the first BIG moment I have had like this. I remember that same feeling before I moved to New York City. I would have days of nerves and sadness (because I didn't know how long I would be gone), but then I would have these moments of "OMG I'M GOING TO LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY!!!!!!" Now, this is slightly different as I am not moving to Italy, but I'm still going!!! I cannot believe that this dream will be coming true. I LOVE it when dreams come true. However, whenever I get wrapped up in dreaming or planning for dreams to become a reality, I am reminded of Proverbs 13:19 which says, "It is pleasant to see dreams come true, but fools refuse to turn from evil to attain them." I like to plan, but I have to be careful of over planning and not submitting to the will of God.

I am very excited though that in the next two months two dreams will become a reality: 1. Italy!!!!!!!!!! 2. Graduate with my Master's in HDFS

Also, I finally found another pair of skinny jeans today!! Did I mention that I HATE jeans...I really do think that they are from the devil sent here to torture me!! Yuck...jeans...