ITALY 2013: Day 84/164

I'm sorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry I've been seriously neglecting my blog. I've been super busy.

Ok yesterday, for example:
-8 am school
-1:30 pm lunch @ Elena's
-more school until 4:30
-2 hour Italian lesson
-directly from Italian lesson to Chinese restaurant with Ludo & friends in Civitanova (about 20 minutes from PS. Giorgio)

-then to the movies... we saw Come un Tuono (The Place Beyond The Pines) Ryan Gosling was fantastic omg + I understood 99% of the dialogue
-arrived home at 2 am

Today sucked. Not only because I'm exhausted but because my spring allergies have arrived. They're the absolute worst. I forget about them every year and then they come outta nowhere. And - yes, they're here. Everything hurts: nose, head, ears, throat, everything. I'm going to go to the pharmacy today and try to find a decongestant but Italians view medicine very differently from Americans. Plus there's the language barrier.

What else.

The end of April is approaching very quickly. With it brings 1) my 3 month anniversary with Italy and 2) the deadline to make a decision about college. I have mixed feelings about both. As far as Italy is concerned: sometimes I never want it to end, sometimes I half jokingly text my (American) mom to pick me up in the middle of German class. It's difficult. It's still difficult. But in a different way now. I'm more accustomed to the daily routine of my host family. I understand what's expected of me. I'm shocked a lot less by cultural differences.

Making a decision about college, however, is nearly impossible from here. If I was attending Lower Merion HS right now, everyone around me would be able to sympathize. It would be on my mind 24/7. But here, no one in my class is thinking about university. I'm not sure what I want to major in, I'm not sure what I want out of the experience, I just feel like I'm running out of time to make a decision and that gives me such anxiety. I need to take some time to talk to my family // friends and figure this out ASAP.

Other things I've done
-taught Ludo the chorus to Thrift Shop (she likes to impress people w her perf pronunciation)
-bought & wore a polka dot dress in public