Happy St. Patty's Day!

I'm wearing green today, and I made my room mate change into something green too, I don't know how serious the Italians to St. Patrick's Day, but I'm guessing they don't dye their rivers..

One thing any college student will find at some point is that big old building where they keep books. You know, Italy has them too and I found Macerata's. It has computers with free internet access. Bingo.

Just got out of painting class, we're working on flowers now...everyone's doing the same one, but it's a technique excersize and I'm just happy I don't have to stare at my self-portrait anymore. Yesterday I smashed a bottle of wine while I was cleaning the kitchen. Not just any wine..My favorite red wine that I was saving for when Mom, Dad, and Kyle come. That's gotta be bad luck. I found out which way our kitchen floor is tilted..and that it's titled so far that it doesn't take more than a minute for the wine to soak the tile. While I was running around trying to find a mop and stepping over shattered glass, my abandoned pasta was boiling over. I'm glad no one else was there to see me..

There are professors here to review the AHA program this week. From Oregon, and Alma, and one from Ball State. They're sitting in our classes. It's kinda funny to see our professors change up our classes, sticking in more breaks than usual, etc..

We're going to Loreto and seeing caves tomorrow for our last excursion before Rome! Loreto is the third most holy city in Europe, following the Vatican and somewhere in France, I think. People make pilgrimages there. It should be pretty. Saturday, Alyson and I are taking a daytrip to Assisi, a city halfway between here and Florence. We've learned about a lot of art that's located there in class and usually it's one of the excursions, so we want to go see it while we have time.

For Easter weekend, we have Friday and Monday off so Molly, Alyson, and I are going down to Naples, Pompeii and Capri. I've heard it's beautiful, so I'm excited.

And yes, I'll be in church on Easter.