Reasons

Reasons I am Happy Right Now:

Last night we had amazing potatoes!! They reminded me of the Indian food I have been missing oh so much. Tears of joy filled my eyes and I almost ate way too much.
But it gets better, to top it off we had ricotta cheese that I had been wanting/daydreaming about also!!
And our wonderful host mother wasn’t even mad we were a little late (because we had been doing Genealogical work at the Church) and told us we were having Gnocchi for “ranch tomorrow” …her attempt at English was appreciated, nonetheless and we all laughed together when we realized what she was talking about. Lunch and ranch basically mean the same thing anyway. And gnocchi is the best…con formaggii!!
She also made me an omelet because I don’t eat meat, she is the sweetest.
And to top off her sweetness factor I climb the stairs to our balcony-room and discover a HUGE comforter on my bed!!! Now, a lot of people have been freezing lately…Personally, I’m overjoyed that it’s cooled off. So even though it was too hot to use it last night, I slept on top of it and way really, really happy. Because it’s really thick…and has Mickey Mouse on it. Which kind of makes up for not having 102 Dalmatian sheets like Alyssa and Kendis have.
AND they have the book I have to read in Italian in English in this one bookstore which would be AMAZINGLY helpful because I try going through it and understanding, but I can’t because it doesn’t translate normally, because they don’t speak/write what they teach us in school. I spent about two hours on ten pages yesterday and still don’t understand it.
I had one of those dreams last night where everything goes how you want it too and you wake up all happy (though slightly disappointed it wasn’t real) and those happy feelings are lingering.
Also they have really good hot chocolate in these machines at school. For only fiddy cents.
And yesterday we found really good pizza/panini place.
And Kendis and Alyssa asked about hot showers and that all got fixed (still cold, but not freezing).

Reasons Why I am Less Than Happy Right Now

I feel lame. I’m always tired and sickish feeling. Yesterday I had a sore throat that luckily went away. But I don’t feel up to making any plans for weekend trips or any decisions about anything and I want to just sleep all day, but then I remember I’m in Italy and so I go out anyway.
I am covered in hives (or something) and have no idea why. They’re scattered all over my feet and there are a few on my arms and one on my face and all up my legs. I can’t figure out what it is. If it’s an allergic reaction it could be to anything because everything is new here. But they itch and are ugly and it sucks.
So. Much. Homework. I get about a million pages a day in Italian, not to mention the book that makes no sense. Humanities just doesn’t make much sense because BYU told him what to teach and I don’t think he’s ever done it that way before. Drawing is alright, but Peter is all professional and thinks harsh criticism will make us stronger. And my religion class is just a lot of reading…which is what online classes are, I suppose.
I want to know Italian!! I am trying. And failing. And I have an oral exam Wednesday (not that everyday isn’t an oral exam, but this one is being graded) and I just don’t ever know how to say what I want. I need to know more vocab.
Also, everyone else’s Wednesday class got moved so they’re going to the sweet market that only goes on Wednesday mornings…all three Italian classes that I’m not in got moved…but not mine.
The school is closed in the evening’s and weekends so I have to pay if I ever want to talk to someone at normal hours for them.

But there are always more reasons to be happy than sad.
.
Always.

Today was the Porcupine contrada’s celebration…thing. But it really made no sense because there were a couple places where everything was in French. Quoi?
And then there was a debutant ball type thing.
And people pretending to be policemen.
And a train that kept going around and around.
And people in pioneer-like clothing.
And I’m sure if we’d stayed out later there would have been a lot of drunk people.

So I’d like to point out that I cheated and read the book I’m reading for Italian in English…And it STILL didn’t make sense. So I’m not so horrible at Italian, they really were talking about eating fried brains on windowsills and wasps curing diseases.

And I realized I kind of really love editing movies.
Which I really am not sure how that makes me feel.

I’m sick…and I get really pathetic when I get sick…so make it go away please.

It’s amazing how life can look completely horrible and complicated and undefeatable one minute. And then you take a break to make some fig gelato, and eat way too many, and life/homework doesn’t look quite so horribly terrible anymore. But I’d still like to not be sick. And to be fluent in Italian…that’s not so much, is it?