So the simulation is over, done with, finisca! Woohoo! It actually was not as bad as I had thought it might be. I am actually happy that I was Attorney General and not the Secretary of State as Dani got a ton of questions and had to conjecture and such, while I just had to say this is our position because legally this is all we can do, end of story. There were some moments I wanted to kick some people as they wouldn't let me talk, and I hate yelling and cutting in. I think I eventually got to have my say though, so yay. In any case, it is all done now, so I just have to work on my paper (I have decided on Israel and Lebanon in 2006), and I will be done with the school portion of my time in Italy.
I don't know if I mentioned it before, but the the first week I was here I could not stand our shower. The water pressure was too much, the curtain billowed around and got stuck to you and I had to turn it off to shave my legs and then turn it back on and it was just a big pain. I figured it all out though. Since there are three girls using the shower, there are lots of bottles in there, so if I put a bottle on each side of the curtain, it doesn't billow around. Also, if I keep the water pressure just right, I don't feel like I am being hit with needles. Essentially, it is all working out just fine now, with only a couple more days left, lol.
On to bug bites. I think I mentioned before that I was doing alright bug bite wise. I spoke too soon. I have two new bites, one on my left calf which is nice and red and itchy and is a couple inches in diameter when you count the red area around the bite, and I have one on my foot where my flip-flop strap goes. It is mildly annoying to say the least. Also, funny story. I had a huge bite on my thigh that I obviously had an allergic reaction to, and as we were hiking last weekend, all three of the boys with us pointed it out at one point or another. Whether they were telling me I had a bite, like I didn't know, or saying that I had some weird red thing on my thigh. It was pretty amusing.
Anyway, we are off to wine tasting, so I need to finish getting ready and then go enjoy my night. I did add a couple of pictures into the Siena, Villa, and Florence albums, so good luck finding those pictures if you so desire, and I will write again soon!
Shell! i know this is the title of another entry but, wine tasting DOES sound better...than reading...and a lot of other things. I love reading your blog and I miss you a lot :( oh yeah... also. somehow we need to tweak the cosmos to make our shower problems average each other out. The trailer shower, I think, relies on gravity for "water pressure" and the pilot light for the water heater has been going out every night for the last week (which means I have to relight it every morning if I want a hot shower- and lighting gas is a scary thing for me, but I'm getting used to it- which could be when disaster strikes. I hope not!). I hope your bites feel better! Typical of boys to point them out-PFF- boys. I don't know precisely what a simulation entails but it sounds really scary and I'm glad it went well! ok, cleaning time. all my family, dad included!, is descending on san luis obispo tomorrow at various times and my landlady's cat hair is everywhere. ok, ok, and my clothes (though it's much better than you're used to seeing :) ok, really going now. it is...5 plus 9 equals 14 minus 12 is...2 PM there! sweet! xoxoxoXO! lerv, Dano
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