Gli esami...

Exams are torture. What's worse about this is I only have four papers to write. Two of them for English, one for Comedy and one for Architecture. They're all really easy. It's just that I'm having a lot of trouble buckling down. Honestly, I have a lot of other stuff to be worrying about right now! For example, the fact that I will be traveling back to the States in a matter of five days its a slightly pressing issue. Then there is the play which is Wednesday AFTER my written Italian exam. I took my oral Italian exam today and am pretty sure I did really well. I also have to make sure I can fit everything into my suitcases to get home. I'm almost all packed and only essentially have the clothes I need for the rest of the time left out. There's also the issue of how much stuff is going to change within the matter of a day.

Coming here, I knew it was going to be a gradual process. Moving into a new house, meeting new people, eating different food, and living differently I knew would take time to adjust to. But going back it's going to be different. Everything at home is established already. I'm going home to people I know, friends that I've had for ages, frozen and fast food, and the same house that I left behind in RI. This also means leaving everything here behind. I have to say bye to my friends from the West Coast not knowing when I will ever see them again. That's pretty heavy stuff. I have to say bye to Franco, Barbara, and Tori who have been such an amazing family to live with. Tori's my little munchkin and I'm gonna miss tickling her every morning when I see her. I'm going to miss the fact that Franco would offer to do the "pound then explode" fist bump with me after we talked about my day. That stuff is all finished. I'm not returning to it like I am to everything in the States and that's really hard to wrap my head around.

So yes, I'm in the library right now with Laura and we're both doing exam things. I've got a good portion of my Comedy paper done and she's studying for her Nutrition final. We'll take a lunch break eventually. I've got the Freshmen farewell dinner tonight. Yay for more free food.

Hopefully I'll have three of the four papers finished by the end of tonight. I'm writing my architecture paper tomorrow with my TA. Then I will be officially done with stressing. I will have all day Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday to prepare for the show with only a brief interruption for my written Italian final on Wednesday.

US of A: 5 Days.