So, I've decided I need a break. Life has just become too overwhelming with work, school, family, friends and everything else in between. Judging by the lack of posts on this blog and the comments I havent left on your blog, you can kinda sorta tell something is up. And it's not a bad something, it's just...stuff, you know?
In fact, spring break couldnt have come at a better time this year. In exactly one week from today (okay, more like eight days), I will be granted two weeks of vacation from work, from school, from family and everything in between. No, I wont be at Daytona Beach trading tips on how to excel in the drinking game of quarters, but rather, I shall be strolling along cobblestone streets and ancient ruins in the wonderful boot-shaped country of Italy!
It's been about six months of hellish preperation (the trip organizer is a middle-aged woman with a thick Middle Eastern accent, and try as I may to keep an open mind, I can only understand everyother word she said, making the trip enrollment process twice as long and twice as hard), but finally, finally, it's almost here! I'm going with my friend Maria and six other students from the University of Arizona. I havent met any of them, but I am hoping to God and crossing my fingers they arent nerdy travelers who wear four-foot long backpacks and velcro.
Already, I've been preparing myself for Italy. I've eaten at the Olive Garden four times last week, watched many Italian films such as The Lizzie McGuire Movie, and even went to the opera to a three hour performance of The Magic Flute (ok, so it wasnt an Italian opera, but the atmosphere was very much the same). I'm ready for fun and adventure...the only thing is...is Italy ready for me?
In fact, spring break couldnt have come at a better time this year. In exactly one week from today (okay, more like eight days), I will be granted two weeks of vacation from work, from school, from family and everything in between. No, I wont be at Daytona Beach trading tips on how to excel in the drinking game of quarters, but rather, I shall be strolling along cobblestone streets and ancient ruins in the wonderful boot-shaped country of Italy!
It's been about six months of hellish preperation (the trip organizer is a middle-aged woman with a thick Middle Eastern accent, and try as I may to keep an open mind, I can only understand everyother word she said, making the trip enrollment process twice as long and twice as hard), but finally, finally, it's almost here! I'm going with my friend Maria and six other students from the University of Arizona. I havent met any of them, but I am hoping to God and crossing my fingers they arent nerdy travelers who wear four-foot long backpacks and velcro.
Already, I've been preparing myself for Italy. I've eaten at the Olive Garden four times last week, watched many Italian films such as The Lizzie McGuire Movie, and even went to the opera to a three hour performance of The Magic Flute (ok, so it wasnt an Italian opera, but the atmosphere was very much the same). I'm ready for fun and adventure...the only thing is...is Italy ready for me?
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