Thursday, September 20, 2007

Mi madre!

My mom is here! Yaaaaay! So Monday I have a long day of classes and all day I waited for mom to call me to make sure she landed ok and figured out Italy. She never did. I tried her phone but it wasn’t working. Luckily I called dad and he assured me she landed safely. So I was stuck in classes all day and at 5:00 I went to her hotel and asked the receptionist to call her room, and then I sprinted up to see her! I was so excited! So she gave me my bag of goodies which consisted of all the thing she lugged from America. She’s so good to me! Then we walked to my apartment so I could show it off and then went out to dinner with Kate. We had a very nice dinner and then mom and I got some gelato. After that I came back but I had such a sore throat. I couldn’t talk and it hurt to swallow. Luckily Jeanette made me some hot milk with honey, and then broth later on, which seemed to help. I went to sleep and when I woke up on Tuesday I felt a lot better. I got my laundry together and brought it to the Laundromat and was on my way to class when I ran into mom! What a small world! So she walked me to class and Italian went well! After that I went back to pick up the laundry and then met mom for pizza at 1:00! After that I went to class and then came back to do some homework. Mom and I went exploring at 5:30 and found a good place to eat. I came back and got dressed up with the girls and we met mom for dinner. We had so much fun! After dinner I went back with mom to the hotel, where I took a real shower! It was nice! Then I came back to our apartment where we had an intense cleaning because we had a cleaning inspection the next day! GREAT NEWS! We got a green card (the best one) from our cleaning inspection lady! YAY! We were so excited! All morning we had to be so careful we didn’t mess up all the cleaning we had done the night before. But we worked very hard and when we got home we had a green card! Wednesday I had class in the morning, and then Mom and I went for a very hilly walk to this photo place so I could get a scrapbook to do some work for my photo class. I felt bad because the woman spoke only Italian, but I managed to get what I needed. After the long walk back we stopped and got some pizza, and then got on the internet to figure out trains and the festival for this weekend in Barcelona! I am so excited! After that we stopped and got some gelato! Then I went to do some homework at my building and then had my other class. After, mom came over and we made pasta and she brought pastries which were VERY good! (a little dry though) Then Kate, Jeannete, Erica and I went to Tandam, which is a place where you can practice your Italian. I was really nervous since I can only say about two things. We got there and everyone sort of paired off. The lady that a couple of people talked to was very nice and she spoke English very well. I tried my best! After that I stopped by to see mom, and then headed back to the apartment to get some homework done. I cant wait to go to Barcelona this weekend!

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