only TWO WEEKS left

that is so sad. i hate to think that i have to leave so soon. i will never get to live in this apartment again with the same people...it's weird to think about. i have had a really great time in rome. i wouldn't mind the classes ending (because they are getting harder as finals approach), but even they were awesome. my roommates, julie and i made a list of the things we have to do before we leave, and we are actually accomplishing a lot of them. i'm trying to take a lot more pictures than usual when we go out and everything. 

so anyways, this coming week is the last week of classes, and then we have a week of finals. i have a lot of studying to do. here is my schedule for the next 2 weeks:

tues,  8th: italian oral

 10th: italian final

   photography evaluation

mon,14th: finance final

 15th: history 10-page paper due

 16th: econ final

 17th: history final

20th: end of the program/come home

yikes. this semester has been amazing, and i am going to try to make these last two weeks go by as slowly as possible! i cannot wait to be home, but i wish i could stay here longer too! 

steph, becky, julie and i went to the beach yesterday. we tried out a new one, and luckily, it was significantly cleaner. we stayed there for a while. i went to the colisseum to take photos on friday and then we all went out to dinner at the restaurant downstairs, la fontane. steph made clams and mussels for dinner on wednesday night, which were reallly good. last night julie made burgers and nachos for us! those were really good also. we are going to go out to eat more next week, but the food my friends make is just so good!

okay i have a lot of homework and procrastinating to do now. i am uploading my pictures finally. byee