Gadgets and Gizmos

Please congratulate my little sister, Miss Adelaide, on her part in Guys and Dolls.

I AM SO PROUD OF YOU, MARZ!

Classes are still draining but I have almost gotten through my first week. This has been SUCH a wakeup call when considering my pampered fall semester. Yesterday (during my over 9 hours of class day) I went to lunch with some of the other 411 Umbra Students. We spoke in Italian the hole time. I hate it. In Italian speaking is my weakest area (go figure). It is very frustrating try to grow and practice AND get to know people. I know if I keep it up I will grow an enormous amount.

Today one of my classmates told me that his Dad directs Disney movies—example, THE LITTLE MERMAID. I pretty much choked on my pizza.

Tonight my roommates and I are making pizza then possibly heading out to soak in a bit of the Perugian nightlife. The Bar names crack me up. In Cortona we had Route 66. In Perugia there is Merlin and The Cave, Celebrate, etc. Oh no, American Culture is not spreading EVERYWHERE, not at all.

Ciao Tutti!